From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#54962: 28.1; insert-directory-program should be ls-program Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 22:50:38 +0300 Message-ID: <83r15y15yp.fsf@gnu.org> References: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13302"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 54962@debbugs.gnu.org To: Howard Melman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 15 21:51:22 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nfRyT-0003Kf-II for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2022 21:51:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60124 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nfRyS-0006jQ-6C for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:51:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49782) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nfRyA-0006iw-06 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:51:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:38234) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nfRy9-0002t7-N7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:51:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nfRy9-00084t-LW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:51:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 19:51:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 54962 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 54962-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B54962.165005223931021 (code B ref 54962); Fri, 15 Apr 2022 19:51:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 54962) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Apr 2022 19:50:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60364 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nfRxn-00084H-DF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:50:39 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:56346) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nfRxl-000841-BY for 54962@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:50:37 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:38230) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nfRxf-0002mh-HS; Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:50:31 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=xuHeWPgJ6PcXrcfj8vUe7p5uo/XFRSawRpKajcBi1yA=; b=Xl/xqi6gv34V m3yU59gKjuaAk2JfDUesIWyEyO2jxx7zuIuVGzNmqn8ZLPk0QOefXqY1LOVhmmw0QbckO2j/vulu2 cYVHjfslAsj6VtHv/NSaBT+Z1wewKw2MxqYv4w9qx31YKOmXt7xl3C4Rneiy9D1oEVADVF9WDEGkl DsKlKInlQ0u1UzyVCy3RzHv06R3hethXQMhXeidzhbIzleMjONxm8M8gBJLqkSVLygRkdw0kt60Zk q0XX0gpxE9MIfWJHN2XV2bhVUUOTdVYVAq0cnZMjLUP0prb0c2WJ0dcWd+iqbYFqywPRsBWS0BY5K 01q5UsrlHpcvSF2GeLx+Pw==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=2655 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nfRxY-0002U6-S0; Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:50:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Howard Melman on Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:24:41 -0400) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:229946 Archived-At: > From: Howard Melman > Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:24:41 -0400 > > This is minor, but I think insert-directory-program should > be called ls-program. I'm sure it's for historical reasons > but a variable alias or other solution would be great. No one said it has to be 'ls'. It can be anything else, as long as it produces the same output. So I see no reason to change the name of that variable. > On the mac I think it's common to install gnu ls as "gls" > and I had hard time finding the emacs variable to set to > have it use this. That is not a reason to rename the variable, it is perhaps a reason to improve our Help and Apropos facilities. > There are several dozen such variables > and they all follow a similar more discoverable naming > pattern as this sample: Those are much more specific.