GNU bug report logs - #22477
24.5; Dired does not work if file names contain newlines

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Aura Kelloniemi <kaura.dev <at> sange.fi>

Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:35:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 35578, 43789

Found in versions 24.5, 27.1

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 22477 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
To: Aura Kelloniemi <kaura.dev <at> sange.fi>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 22477 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22477: 24.5;
 Dired does not work if file names contain newlines
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 18:18:02 -0800

>>>>> Aura Kelloniemi <kaura.dev <at> sange.fi> writes:

> If Unix supports file names with control characters (which arguably is a
> questionable feature), then Dired (being the best file manager on the
> planet) should IMHO be able to deal with them, or at least document the
> incompatibility clearly.

Sounds like a reasonable request. If we don't have the feature yet, adding a
comment to the dired documentation on the use -b as a workaround would be
good.

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John Wiegley                  GPG fingerprint = 4710 CF98 AF9B 327B B80F
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