From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck@gmail.com>, 24547@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24547: 24.4; dired should colour in sockets and pipes
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 01:07:39 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875znnxhas.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871rybh7u8.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sat, 27 Jul 2019 16:26:23 +0200")
>> With GNU ls --color in a terminal, different colors are used for
>>
>> regular files,
>> directories,
>> symlinks,
>> sockets,
>> pipes,
>> (other stuff - dircolors?)
>>
>> In dired, the first three get different faces,
>> but sockets and pipes look like regular files.
>>
>> I think it's probably easy to fix sockets and pipes,
>> because the first character is "s" or "p",
>> at least in GNU ls output.
>
> Sounds reasonable. I've now done this in Emacs 27, but I've used just a
> single face for both sockets and pipes.
What are the remaining special file types possible in ls output?
For example, in /run I see only "s" and "p" files. But in /dev there are
also "b" and "c". These "block" and "character" device files could be
highlighted using the same face with sockets and pipes.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-27 22:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-26 8:05 bug#24547: 24.4; dired should colour in sockets and pipes Trent W. Buck
2019-07-27 14:26 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-07-27 22:07 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2019-07-28 10:01 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-07-28 14:53 ` Trent W. Buck
2019-07-31 20:45 ` Juri Linkov
2019-08-01 2:17 ` Trent W. Buck
2019-08-01 11:08 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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