Subject: Re: bug#22580: shell-escape in tty in ls

From: Assaf Gordon <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:22:20 -0700

Hello,

On 2016-02-07 12:44 a.m., Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 06/02/16 20:28, Paul Vint wrote:
>> Maybe I'm the only one, but the new change in ls seems bad:
>>
>>        set_quoting_style (NULL, shell_escape_quoting_style);
>>
>> This is set if the output is a TTY.
>> Why would we want to quote if the output is a TTY?
>>
>> It makes the output appear strange to me.
>>

We created a summary of common issues and FAQ
regarding the quoting change in ls(1):
   https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/quotes.html

If there is an issue that is not addressed there,
please send an email to [email-masked] .

regards,
  - assaf