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[PATCH] Add option to keep some columns in dired-hide-details-mode

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Message #13 received at 61785-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 61785-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61785: [PATCH] Add option to keep some columns in
 dired-hide-details-mode
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2023 07:07:02 +0100

On Thu,  2 Mar 2023 at 14:04, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Thanks, installed on the master branch.  Feel free to post further
> enhancements if you think they will be useful.

I was having second thoughts about this idea 😬.  The feature is useful
but difficult to implement right.

The problem is that some columns of 'ls -l' are left aligned, so it's
impossible to know where a column starts or ends by looking at an
individual line.

I think I would rather revert the commit until someone comes up with a
better idea, if you don't mind.  The ideal would be if 'ls --dired'
would report the names and positions of the columns.

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