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28.1; insert-directory-program should be ls-program

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Message #17 received at 54962 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: hmelman <at> gmail.com
Cc: 54962 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54962: 28.1; insert-directory-program should be ls-program
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 23:16:47 +0300

> Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 22:50:38 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 54962 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > On the mac I think it's common to install gnu ls as "gls"
> > and I had hard time finding the emacs variable to set to
> > have it use this.
> 
> That is not a reason to rename the variable, it is perhaps a reason to
> improve our Help and Apropos facilities.

I've now added a reference to insert-directory-program in the doc
string of Dired, and vice versa.  I think this addresses the problems
you had in finding the variable.

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