GNU bug report logs - #4157
[macOS/HFS] dired doesn't decode ls output when it uses different encoding for filename vs date

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>

Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:25:05 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in versions 27.0.50, 23.1.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #156 received at 4157 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> freenet.de>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 4157 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4157: 23.1.50; faulty character characterisation for รค
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:52:32 +0200

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

> Like Andreas says, the dates are in Latin-9, but the file names are in
> UTF-8 (probably utf-8-hfs).  Maybe we should on macOS override the
> locale when we invoke 'ls'?

I like that idea.  Perhaps we could just make sure that the encoding
is always "UTF-8" while respecting the language.

> And I repeat my question: how about using ls-lisp.el on macOS by
> default?

IMHO, it would be better to improve the support for the BSD-derivative
'ls' versions.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
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