From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Cc: 9039@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9039: 24.0.50; dired "f" fails on directory that begins with a space
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 06:02:49 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <838vs6on1i.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8662nasvis.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
> From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
> Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:46:03 -0700
> Cc: 9039@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> GM> OK, your dired doesn't support the --dired option. In this case, dired
> GM> is known to not perform as well, especially with regards to file names
> GM> with spaces. If you install GNU ls, it will work better.
>
> And yet, "find-file" finds the directory with a space just fine, and
> even autocompletes it.
find-file does not use `ls'.
> Why isn't GNU Emacs using readdir() and stat() internally? Why is it
> depending on an external ls?
It was always like that with Dired on Posix platforms. If you want a
Lisp emulation of `ls', try loading ls-lisp, maybe you will find it
better for your taste.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-10 3:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-10 2:21 bug#9039: 24.0.50; dired "f" fails on directory that begins with a space merlyn
2011-07-10 2:33 ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-10 2:38 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2011-07-10 2:42 ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-10 2:45 ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-10 2:46 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2011-07-10 3:02 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2011-07-10 3:08 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2011-07-13 17:57 ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-13 18:03 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2011-07-13 18:05 ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-13 18:11 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2011-07-10 4:43 ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-13 10:02 ` Manuel Giraud
2011-07-13 18:05 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2011-07-13 19:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
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