Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:

> M-: (buffer-substring (- (point-max) 2) (- (point-max) 1))
> => #("7" 0 1 (fontified nil invisible dired-hide-details-link))
>
> M-> ;; (end-of-buffer)
>
> M-: (buffer-substring (- (point-max) 2) (- (point-max) 1))
> => #("7" 0 1 (face default dired-symlink-filename t fontified t
> invisible dired-hide-details-link))
>
> And indeed, after going to the end of the Dired buffer
> the last file gets an additional property `dired-symlink-filename'
> used by Isearch/Replace.

So, the properties we use are of different types: some are already
attached by `dired-insert-set-properties', others later by font-lock
(see `dired-font-lock-keywords').  AFAIR this is because some tests are
more expensive than others (e.g. the test whether a link is broken) and
are intentionally delayed.

Would something like this be good?