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29.0.50; dired and filenames containing newlines

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 57350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, robert <at> capuchin.co.uk
Subject: bug#57350: 29.0.50; dired and filenames containing newlines
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 08:38:16 +0200

Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:

Hi Richard,

>   > But you can make it work by changing `dired-listing-switches':
>
>   > ---
>   > If you have files with names with embedded newline characters, adding
>   > `b' to the switches will allow Dired to handle those files better.
>   > ---
>
>   > But that has other side effects some people don't like, which is why we
>   > haven't changed the defaults.
>
> What do people dislike about -b?

Tramp, for example, has banned newlines in file names:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(defconst tramp-localname-regexp "[^\n\r]*\\'"
  "Regexp matching localnames.")
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Best regards, Michael.

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