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29.1; Doc string of variable `dired-use-ls-dired'

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Jeremy Bryant <jb <at> jeremybryant.net>
Cc: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>,
 "67053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <67053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: bug#67053: 29.1; Doc string of variable
 `dired-use-ls-dired'
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 23:40:45 +0000

> Here are some thoughts to help explore a modification of the docstring.
> 
> I observe the rest of the docstring mentions MS Windows explicitly, but
> maybe incomplete for your suggestion.

Yes, it mentions MS Windows.  But that text is unrelated
to this bug, which is about the value that results from
checking for support of "--dired".  It's not clear from
the doc that that result can be `unspecified'.  The
wording suggests that the "check" clears up `unspecified',
replacing it, presumably, with either nil or some non-nil
value other than `unspecified'.

The special value of `unspecified' apparently does _not_
just mean that such a check is needed and will be done.
The value means that support isn't known, whether or
not the check has been done.

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