Subject: Re: bug#54962: 28.1; insert-directory-program should be ls-program

From: Howard Melman <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:56:58 -0400

> On Apr 15, 2022, at 3:50 PM, Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> No one said it has to be 'ls'.  It can be anything else, as long as it
> produces the same output.
> 
>> There are several dozen such variables
>> and they all follow a similar more discoverable naming
>> pattern as this sample:
> 
> Those are much more specific.

Could you explain how these are more specific than something else
"as long as it produces the same out"?  I don't follow the distinction
you're drawing.

Howard