Subject: Re: [External] : Re: bug#73954: 30.0.91; Don't hard-couple `dired-hide-details-hide-absolute-location' with `dired-hide-details-mode'

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:30:24 +0300

> From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
> CC: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 19:09:57 +0000
> 
> > We just added this feature to the development branch.  Let's first
> > collect some experience with it and see if it is popular enough to
> > extend it in any way.  At this point, it is as possible that the only
> > person to use it is the person who contributed it as it is possible
> > that it will be the hottest new Emacs feature, so let's wait and see
> > which is it.
> 
> If you put it out there as it is, it'll be used as it is.
> 
> What's the connection between wanting relative or absolute
> names for directory headers and wanting to hide columns
> other than the file name?

The connection is the "hide" part.  People who are likely to want to
hide the leading directories are those who use
dired-hide-details-mode.  To break the connection, we'd need evidence,
not theoretical possibilities.