Subject: RE: bug#65621: [PATCH] `dired-next-line' go to meaningful line

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:55:05 +0000

> > there's a reason we have `n' and `p' bound to Dired-specific
> > commands.
> 
> Make sense.
> Now, we agree that some lines should be skipped, and we disagree on
> whether header lines should be skipped.
> 
> My patch is almost done.  I think it will make you happy - it doesn't
> control only _whether_ to skip lines, instead it says how to skip line
> (e.g., move circularly like you mentioned before).  If you really want
> to go to the header line:
>   1. set it to nil;
>   2. add an new meaningful value for this option.

If you really DON'T want `n'|`p' to go to
header lines then maybe set some option.

The _default_ behavior should go to any
Dired line that you can act on, which
includes header lines.

Otherwise, this is a real step backward,
not forward.  Currently `n'|`p' take you
to any line, including a header line.