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30.0.50; QUOTING_STYLE can break dired

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Yuri D'Elia <wavexx <at> thregr.org>
Subject: bug#63142: closed (Re: bug#63142: 30.0.50; QUOTING_STYLE can
 break dired)
Date: Tue, 02 May 2023 17:49:01 +0000

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Your bug report

#63142: 30.0.50; QUOTING_STYLE can break dired

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 63142 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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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-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#63142: 30.0.50; QUOTING_STYLE can break dired
Date: Tue, 02 May 2023 20:48:47 +0300

> From: Yuri D'Elia <wavexx <at> thregr.org>
> Cc: ruijie <at> netyu.xyz, 63142 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 02 May 2023 17:57:50 +0200
> 
> On Tue, May 02 2023, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > What about the patch I proposed: does it give good results?
> 
> Working as intended.

Thanks, so I've now installed it on the master branch, and I'm closing
this bug.

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From: Yuri D'Elia <wavexx <at> thregr.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 30.0.50; QUOTING_STYLE can break dired
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 11:35:09 +0200

If the environment variable QUOTING_STYLE is set, GNU "ls" can return a
format that dired doesn't like.

QUOTING_STYLE=shell will quote files with spaces such as 'a b', and
trying to interact with these files with dired results in:

dired-get-file-for-visit: File no longer exists; type g to update Dired buffer

Interestingly, even using "ls --dired" does the same if QUOTING_STYLE is
set.

Should dired handle QUOTING_STYLE (looking at the coreutils manual it
seems that other tools besides ls handle it) or should dired actively
suppress the quoting mode?

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