* bug#25423: 25.1; Can't use dired with spaces or special characters in folder names using tramp
@ 2017-01-11 22:00 Alex Branham
2017-01-11 22:09 ` Glenn Morris
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alex Branham @ 2017-01-11 22:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 25423
I can't navigate (or do anything else like dired-do-chmod) using dired when directories have spaces or special characters over a tramp connection. I think it's because Emacs is putting quotes '' or "" around the folders in question.
Using `emacs -Q` and navigate to a directory like below. I can hit RET to go to Folder1 but neither 'Folder 2' nor "Folder's 4". Note that the folders don't actually have quotation marks in their name --- Emacs is adding that in the dired buffer.
drwxrwsr-x 3 owner group 4096 Jan 9 19:29 Folder1
drwxrwsr-x 3 owner group 4096 Jan 9 20:47 'Folder 2'
drwxrwsr-x 3 owner group 4096 Jan 9 19:30 "Folder's_3"
In GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.5)
of 2016-12-23 built on juergen
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11804000
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* bug#25423: 25.1; Can't use dired with spaces or special characters in folder names using tramp
2017-01-11 22:00 bug#25423: 25.1; Can't use dired with spaces or special characters in folder names using tramp Alex Branham
@ 2017-01-11 22:09 ` Glenn Morris
2017-01-11 22:16 ` Alex Branham
2017-01-11 22:16 ` Glenn Morris
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Morris @ 2017-01-11 22:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alex Branham; +Cc: 25423
Alex Branham wrote:
> Using `emacs -Q` and navigate to a directory like below. I can hit RET
> to go to Folder1 but neither 'Folder 2' nor "Folder's 4". Note that
> the folders don't actually have quotation marks in their name ---
> Emacs is adding that in the dired buffer.
>
> drwxrwsr-x 3 owner group 4096 Jan 9 19:29 Folder1
> drwxrwsr-x 3 owner group 4096 Jan 9 20:47 'Folder 2'
> drwxrwsr-x 3 owner group 4096 Jan 9 19:30 "Folder's_3"
Looks like newer coreutils ls's quoting, so probably already fixed in
Emacs by
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2016-07/msg00171.html
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* bug#25423: 25.1; Can't use dired with spaces or special characters in folder names using tramp
2017-01-11 22:09 ` Glenn Morris
@ 2017-01-11 22:16 ` Alex Branham
2017-01-11 22:21 ` Glenn Morris
2017-01-11 22:16 ` Glenn Morris
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alex Branham @ 2017-01-11 22:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Glenn Morris; +Cc: 25423
Thanks for the reply.
The commit happened in July of last year, is it not in Emacs 25.1? (Also, is there an easy way to see that information for myself?)
Alex
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
> Alex Branham wrote:
>
>> Using `emacs -Q` and navigate to a directory like below. I can hit RET
>> to go to Folder1 but neither 'Folder 2' nor "Folder's 4". Note that
>> the folders don't actually have quotation marks in their name ---
>> Emacs is adding that in the dired buffer.
>>
>> drwxrwsr-x 3 owner group 4096 Jan 9 19:29 Folder1
>> drwxrwsr-x 3 owner group 4096 Jan 9 20:47 'Folder 2'
>> drwxrwsr-x 3 owner group 4096 Jan 9 19:30 "Folder's_3"
>
>
> Looks like newer coreutils ls's quoting, so probably already fixed in
> Emacs by
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2016-07/msg00171.html
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J. Alexander Branham
PhD Candidate
Department of Government
University of Texas at Austin
https://www.jabranham.com
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* bug#25423: 25.1; Can't use dired with spaces or special characters in folder names using tramp
2017-01-11 22:16 ` Alex Branham
@ 2017-01-11 22:21 ` Glenn Morris
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Morris @ 2017-01-11 22:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alex Branham; +Cc: 25423
Alex Branham wrote:
> The commit happened in July of last year, is it not in Emacs 25.1?
No. It will be in whatever-next-release-from-master-is (26.1).
> (Also, is there an easy way to see that information for myself?)
You could look at tramp-sh.el in your version of Emacs.
Otherwise, I don't know how you tell without having a copy of the Emacs
git repository.
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* bug#25423: 25.1; Can't use dired with spaces or special characters in folder names using tramp
2017-01-11 22:09 ` Glenn Morris
2017-01-11 22:16 ` Alex Branham
@ 2017-01-11 22:16 ` Glenn Morris
2017-01-11 22:21 ` Alex Branham
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Morris @ 2017-01-11 22:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alex Branham; +Cc: 25423
PS probably you can add QUOTING_STYLE=literal to your environment, or
tramp-remote-process-environment, to avoid this.
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