GNU bug report logs - #18716
24.3; dired-omit-extensions's default value omits COPYING.LIB

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>

Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:51:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3

Done: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 18716 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
Subject: bug#18716: 24.3; dired-omit-extensions's default value omits COPYING.LIB
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:42:06 -0400

> Although no-one has yet answered my question why Emacs takes these patterns
> to be case-insensitive even on case-sensitive filing systems.

I don't actually know.

Maybe because the existence of case-insensitive filesystems cause the
existence of files with "weird" extensions like ".JPG" and it's easier
to just say "match case-insensitively" than to handle the known cases
where case is sometimes "messed up".

At least, that's the reason for the existence of auto-mode-case-fold.


        Stefan
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