Subject: Re: bug#26991: New quoting takes up unnecessary space

From: Assaf Gordon <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:34:52 -0700

Hello,

On 2017-05-19 6:37 p.m., L A Walsh wrote:
> 
> 
> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> On 19/05/17 07:48, L A Walsh wrote:
>>>
>>> The new format uses extra spacing on columns where it isn't needed --
>>> but the extra space isn't enough to handle the 1 file that was quoted
>>> (needs 5 extra columns).  Where does it get '3' (and why doesn't it use
>>> 2?)?
>>

We created a summary of common issues and FAQs
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