GNU bug report logs - #36110
find-dired not sorted on any field nor provides a way

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 23:37:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 29513, 36123

Found in version 25.2

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: "Roland Winkler" <winkler <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: 36110 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36110: find-dired not sorted on any field nor provides a way
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 07:27:44 +0800

find-dired (info "(emacs) Dired and Find") is great, except it is not
sorted on any field, except coincidentally.
find-ls-option is a variable defined in ‘find-dired.el’, alas it only
governs each line and not how those lines are sorted.
Yes that is how find(1) works, but there should be a filter (default "|
sort ...") that sorts on the last field (name). Those people who prefer
jumbled order could unset it.

P.S., the modeline says (Dired by name:exit) which looks weird.
emacs-version "26.1"
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 342 days ago.

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