GNU bug report logs - #7546
23.2; [dired] leading spaces in directory names

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>

Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 20:38:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 5349

Found in version 23.2

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7546: 23.2; [dired] leading spaces in directory names
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:52:14 -0700

On 12/3/10 4:16 PM, Glenn Morris wrote:
> Ken Brown wrote:
>
>> Wouldn't it make more sense to initialize dired-use-ls-dired based on
>> system-type?
>
> To me, it makes most sense to test what options ls actually supports:

Agreed, but

> (with-temp-buffer
>   (call-process "ls" nil t nil "--help")
>   (and (re-search-backward "--dired" nil t) t))

perhaps should be

(equal (call-process "ls" nil nil nil "--dired" "--directory" ".") 0)

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
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