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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 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 21:22:43 +0300

> From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org,  stefan <at> marxist.se,  jidanni <at> jidanni.org,
>   39145 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  larsi <at> gnus.org,  uyennhi.qm <at> gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 19:18:06 +0200
> 
> You are right, w/ auto-revert-mode ON it matches my expectations: the
> link face is updated after changes in the link target.

That's the expected behavior.

> I am still wondering if the feature should update the face also when
> auto-rever-mode is OFF.  I like the behavior that I observe with wdired:

Dired is not Wdired.  With Dired, the buffer is in general not updated
unless you revert it (which happens automatically if you have
auto-revert-mode on).

So I think there's no bug here.

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