GNU bug report logs - #39145
28.0.50; dired: Show broken/circular links in different font

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:07:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 28.0.50

Done: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>, stefan <at> marxist.se, jidanni <at> jidanni.org, 39145 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, uyennhi.qm <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#39145: 28.0.50; dired: Show broken/circular links in different font
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 19:05:11 +0200 (CEST)


On Tue, 25 Aug 2020, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
>> Cc: uyennhi.qm <at> gmail.com,  rgm <at> gnu.org, eliz <at> gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org,
>>  larsi <at> gnus.org, stefan <at> marxist.se
>> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 18:34:08 +0200
>>
>> There is still something else that worries me.
>>
>> If I have a broken link, and I create the missing target with
>> `dired-create-directory' or `dired-create-empty-file', then
>> I need to manually call `revert-buffer' to get the link face updated.
>>
>> Same if teh target do exist and I decide to delete it with
>> `dired-do-delete'.
>
> Even if you have auto-revert-mode turned on in that Dired buffer?
I have tried now with:

dired-auto-revert-mode equals t
dired-auto-rever-mode equals 'dired-directory-changed-p

I still need to push `g' key to get the link face updated.  I bet that 
would be the first bug report for this feature.
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