GNU bug report logs - #43789
27.1; Dired cannot handle file which name contains linebreak

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Zhu Zihao" <all_but_last <at> 163.com>

Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2020 09:14:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 22477, 35578

Found in versions 24.5, 27.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #49 received at 43789 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 43789 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, all_but_last <at> 163.com
Subject: Re: bug#43789: 27.1;
 Dired cannot handle file which name contains linebreak
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2020 22:30:45 -0400

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  > I recommend to avoid file names containing line breaks.

I agree -- but what if you have one, perhaps made by mistake?
The natural way for an Emacs user to rename or delete it
is with Dired.  It would be nice for Dired to handle it
at least enough to do that.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
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Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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