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

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#54962: closed (Re: bug#54962: 28.1; insert-directory-program
 should be ls-program)
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 06:43:01 +0000

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Your bug report

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

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 54962 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 54962-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54962: 28.1; insert-directory-program should be ls-program
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 09:42:17 +0300

> From: Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 17:35:38 -0400
> Cc: 54962 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> And there's ls-lisp-use-insert-directory-program which is also very 
> ls centric.

That's unrelated: it is used by the ls-lisp.el package, which emulates
'ls' in Emacs Lisp.

Anyway, I think your original problem is now adequately addressed, and
since I don't think we can rename that variable after so many years,
I'm closing this bug report.

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From: Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com>
To: GNU Emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 28.1; insert-directory-program should be ls-program
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:24:41 -0400

This is minor, but I think insert-directory-program should
be called ls-program.  I'm sure it's for historical reasons
but a variable alias or other solution would be great.

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.  There are several dozen such variables
and they all follow a similar more discoverable naming
pattern as this sample:

find-program
grep-program
xargs-program
dig-program
dired-chmod-program
dired-chown-program
dired-touch-program
ediff-cmp-program
ediff-diff-program
epg-gpg-program
mm-url-program
sendmail-program
tramp-adb-program
vc-bzr-program
vc-git-program
vc-hg-program
vc-mtn-program
vc-src-program
vc-svn-program


Howard

In GNU Emacs 28.1 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin20.6.0, Carbon Version 164 AppKit 2022.6)
of 2022-04-09 built on Mac-1649520554451.local
Repository revision: ee79b048bbb2fd4a962dfb2204cc7a2f0d5237d8
Repository branch: 28.1-mac-9.0-CI
Windowing system distributor 'Apple Inc.', version 11.6.5
System Description:  macOS 11.6.5

Configured using:
'configure --with-mac
--enable-locallisppath=/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/opt/homebrew/share/emacs/site-lisp
--enable-mac-app=/Users/runner/work/homebrew-emacsmacport/homebrew-emacsmacport/build-scripts/emacs-source/tmproot
--prefix=/Users/runner/work/homebrew-emacsmacport/homebrew-emacsmacport/build-scripts/emacs-source/tmproot
--enable-mac-self-contained --with-modules'

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