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28.0.50; dired: Show broken/circular links in different font

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From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
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: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:30:18 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> 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).
Thank you for the feedback.

I only have one doubt remaining:

1. Should I add a variable to disable/enable this feature
(enable by default)

2. Or just use the patch from this thread, i.e, unconditionaly add the feature
without variable

What do you prefer?

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