(dired-mark-if): Make the message about whether it's marking or unmarking clearer (bug#8523)

lisp/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-07-02  Drew Adams  <drew.adams@oracle.com>
+
+	* dired.el (dired-mark-if): Make the message about whether it's
+	marking or unmarking clearer (bug#8523).
+
 2011-07-02  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
 
 	* disp-table.el (display-table-print-array): New function.

lisp/dired.el

@@ -485,7 +485,16 @@ Return value is the number of files marked, or nil if none were marked."
   `(let ((inhibit-read-only t) count)
     (save-excursion
       (setq count 0)
-      (if ,msg (message "Marking %ss..." ,msg))
+      (when ,msg
+	(message "%s %ss%s..."
+		 (cond ((eq dired-marker-char ?\040) "Unmarking")
+		       ((eq dired-del-marker dired-marker-char)
+			"Flagging")
+		       (t "Marking"))
+		 ,msg
+		 (if (eq dired-del-marker dired-marker-char)
+		     " for deletion"
+		   "")))
       (goto-char (point-min))
       (while (not (eobp))
         (if ,predicate