GNU bug report logs - #63142
30.0.50; QUOTING_STYLE can break dired

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Yuri D'Elia <wavexx <at> thregr.org>

Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 09:47:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Yuri D'Elia <wavexx <at> thregr.org>
Cc: ruijie <at> netyu.xyz, 63142 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63142: 30.0.50; QUOTING_STYLE can break dired
Date: Tue, 02 May 2023 15:18:56 +0300
> From: Yuri D'Elia <wavexx <at> thregr.org>
> Cc: Ruijie Yu <ruijie <at> netyu.xyz>, 63142 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 02 May 2023 11:35:13 +0200
> 
> On Sat, Apr 29 2023, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> > +	(setq switches (concat "--dired -N " switches)))
> >> >      ;; Expand directory wildcards and fill file-list.
> >> >      (let ((dir-wildcard (insert-directory-wildcard-in-dir-p dir)))
> >> >        (cond (dir-wildcard
> >>
> >> Do we need to prevent "wild" users from setting a conflicting quoting
> >> style in `switches'
> >
> > Why would we want to do that?  If they think they know what they are
> > doing, let them live with the consequences.
> 
> It's always a good idea to actually have the possibility to override
> flags as an escape hatch.

I agree.

What about the patch I proposed: does it give good results?




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