Subject: bug#36729: 27.0.50; Unclear total in directory listing

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 05:30:52 +0300

> From: Mattias Engdegård <[email-masked]>
> Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 20:36:15 +0200
> Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked]
> 
> > We already have ls-lisp.el.  It isn't used on platforms where 'ls' is
> > available because AFAIK using 'ls' is faster.
> 
> Is that is still noticeable on modern systems, or just for very big and/or recursive listings?

I think its generally slower.  But you can try and see for yourself.

> We can do better, while retaining the old format for those who have grown too accustomed to it (not meant as pejorative).

I think switching Dired to a different layout will be so revolutionary
that it warrants a new name, not Dired.  People are too accustomed to
that format, not in the least because they also use "ls -l" from the
shell prompt.