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: 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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