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26.3; dired buffer navigation tweak

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Message #76 received at 52384 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller <at> live.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, amperry <at> provide.net, 52384 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: Re: bug#52384: [External] : bug#52384: 26.3; dired buffer
 navigation tweak
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 17:29:25 +0100

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

> Arthur Miller <arthur.miller <at> live.com> writes:
>
>> I thought so; would it be unrealistic to suggest that Emacs by default switches
>> to ls-lisp.el on all hosts?
>
> ls-lisp.el is intended for MS-Windows, so IMO that would be a step
> backwards.

Why is it a step backwards?

> If we want to use some GNU ls specific flags, it would be better to try
> to detect GNU ls in some other way.

Yes, that is another possibility, but it means more work for not so much
benefit (docs, manual, detection).

Personally I could imagine Emacs going over to completely use it's own
facilities and left external binary to those who find they need some extra
feature or speed.

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