In M.S. Windows 7, Started Emacs with
C:\emacs-25.0.90\bin\runemacs.exe -Q
Entered <C-x> <C-f> <RET>
The following listing of my home directory looks as follows
c:/kg:
total used in directory 210 available 150000864
drwxrwxrwx 1 TrustedInstaller
TrustedInstaller 24576 02-03 13:31 ..
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 12288 02-04
17:28 .
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 1835
2012-02-01 .aliases~
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrators None 1893
2014-04-14 .aliases
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2005-07-09 .autosave
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 8231 01-31
15:31 .bash_history
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 263
2011-06-27 .bashrc
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2014-04-14 bin-save
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrators None 1404
2014-06-30 .edt-gnu-W32-keys
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrators None 1409
2014-04-13 .edt-gnu-W32-keys-save
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 44241
2007-12-12 edt-user.doc
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2013-05-19 emacs
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 6438
2012-05-02 .emacs
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2012-05-13 .emacs.d
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 6103
2011-07-25 .emacs-indent-4
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 7
2007-12-09 .emacs-places
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 34540
2001-09-03 filladapt.el
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2005-12-23 .fvwm
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2014-03-14 Game Stuff
drwxrwxrwx 1 Administrators None 0 12-06
09:58 .gimp-2.8
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 188
2005-09-21 .history
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2013-07-23 lisp
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 4096
2013-07-23 .lisp
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2012-05-13 Magueijo
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrators None 3632
2014-04-15 message-20140415-140728
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrators None 2725 02-04
17:33 #message-20160204-172757#
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 195
2011-08-23 .profile~
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 111
2014-05-24 .profile
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 35820
2005-07-03 RMAIL
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 1024
2008-11-30 .rnd
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2012-12-19 .save-env
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 125
2005-07-09 .saves-2304-janus
drwxrwxrwx 1 Administrators None 0
2014-04-14 share
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrators None 134
2014-04-15 stuff.sh~
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrators None 135
2014-04-15 stuff.sh
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2009-04-15 TempSBE
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2012-05-13 .texmf
drwxrwxrwx 1 Administrators None 0
2015-08-02 .thumbnails
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrators None 14000
2013-05-26 videos.docx
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrators None 4928
2013-05-26 videos.txt
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 3672
2012-10-06 vids.txt
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 554
2005-11-18 .xdvirc
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2013-07-23 .xemacs
In Emacs 24.5, the listing of the same directory looks like this:
c:/kg:
total used in directory 210 available 150000864
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh
None 12288 02-04 17:28 .
drwxrwxrwx 1 TrustedInstaller TrustedInstaller 24576 02-03
13:31 ..
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrators None 1893
2014-04-14 .aliases
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 1835
2012-02-01 .aliases~
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2005-07-09 .autosave
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 8231 01-31
15:31 .bash_history
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 263
2011-06-27 .bashrc
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrators None 1404
2014-06-30 .edt-gnu-W32-keys
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrators None 1409
2014-04-13 .edt-gnu-W32-keys-save
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 6438
2012-05-02 .emacs
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 6103
2011-07-25 .emacs-indent-4
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 7
2007-12-09 .emacs-places
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2012-05-13 .emacs.d
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2005-12-23 .fvwm
drwxrwxrwx 1 Administrators None 0 12-06
09:58 .gimp-2.8
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 188
2005-09-21 .history
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 4096
2013-07-23 .lisp
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 111
2014-05-24 .profile
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 195
2011-08-23 .profile~
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 1024
2008-11-30 .rnd
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2012-12-19 .save-env
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 125
2005-07-09 .saves-2304-janus
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2012-05-13 .texmf
drwxrwxrwx 1 Administrators None 0
2015-08-02 .thumbnails
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 554
2005-11-18 .xdvirc
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2013-07-23 .xemacs
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2014-03-14 Game Stuff
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2012-05-13 Magueijo
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 35820
2005-07-03 RMAIL
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2009-04-15 TempSBE
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2014-04-14 bin-save
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 44241
2007-12-12 edt-user.doc
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2013-05-19 emacs
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 34540
2001-09-03 filladapt.el
drwxrwxrwx 1 kgallagh None 0
2013-07-23 lisp
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrators None 3632
2014-04-15 message-20140415-140728
drwxrwxrwx 1 Administrators None 0
2014-04-14 share
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrators None 135
2014-04-15 stuff.sh
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrators None 134
2014-04-15 stuff.sh~
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrators None 14000
2013-05-26 videos.docx
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrators None 4928
2013-05-26 videos.txt
-rw-rw-rw- 1 kgallagh None 3672
2012-10-06 vids.txt
I believe the listing in Emacs 24.5 is preferable. It 25.0.90, it is
as if the initial period in any file/directory entry is being
ignored when sorting alphabetically. Also, upper and lower case are
also being ignored.
In GNU Emacs 25.0.90.2 (i686-pc-mingw32)
of 2016-01-31 built on JANUS3
Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
'configure --prefix=/c/emacs-25.0.90 CPPFLAGS=-I/c/usr/include'
Configured features:
XPM JPEG TIFF GIF SOUND NOTIFY ACL TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS
Important settings:
value of $LANG: ENU
locale-coding-system: cp1252
Major mode: Dired by name
Minor modes in effect:
tooltip-mode: t
global-eldoc-mode: t
electric-indent-mode: t
mouse-wheel-mode: t
tool-bar-mode: t
menu-bar-mode: t
file-name-shadow-mode: t
global-font-lock-mode: t
font-lock-mode: t
blink-cursor-mode: t
auto-composition-mode: t
auto-encryption-mode: t
auto-compression-mode: t
buffer-read-only: t
line-number-mode: t
transient-mark-mode: t
Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Load-path shadows:
None found.
Features:
(shadow sort mail-extr emacsbug message format-spec rfc822 mml
mml-sec
epg epg-config gnus-util mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse
rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045
ietf-drums mm-util help-fns help-mode easymenu cl-loaddefs pcase
cl-lib
mail-prsvr mail-utils dired time-date mule-util tooltip eldoc
electric
uniquify ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel dos-w32 ls-lisp
disp-table w32-win w32-vars term/common-win tool-bar dnd fontset
image
regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment elisp-mode lisp-mode
prog-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar
mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cl-generic
cham
georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao
korean japanese eucjp-ms cp51932 hebrew greek romanian slovak czech
european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese charscript case-table
epa-hook
jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer cl-preloaded nadvice
loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files text-properties
overlay
sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget
hashtable-print-readable backquote w32notify w32 multi-tty
make-network-process emacs)
Memory information:
((conses 8 91893 10306)
(symbols 32 19566 0)
(miscs 32 40 181)
(strings 16 16515 3771)
(string-bytes 1 437792)
(vectors 8 12386)
(vector-slots 4 426311 4428)
(floats 8 160 112)
(intervals 28 782 407)
(buffers 516 12))