From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
Cc: 9362@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9362: 24.0.50; Explain in manual(s) Dired/ls permissions listing on Windows
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:14:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87twimnfx9.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANbX364e4mUbGApWrUnDAysqwNLfuKcTDdVx=iyFCv1AjNyJBA@mail.gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Sun, 11 Sep 2011 04:25:22 +0200")
Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 04:12, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
>> "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>>
>>> Some explanation should be given about permissions. I'm using FAT32,
>>> for instance, and I see `x' for all directories and for no files.
>>> `chmod' with `+x' or `-x' has no effect, and with no message. No doubt
>>> this is due to Windows not supporting this. But that should be
>>> explained - documented.
>>
>> Isn't explaining how file permissions on various file systems kinda
>> beyond the scope of the Emacs manual?
>
> Isn't this is about what Emacs does, not about the various file systems?
Emacs displays this OS-specific information, sure, but I still think
this is beyond the scope of Emacs documentation. Closing.
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-24 16:05 bug#9362: 24.0.50; Explain in manual(s) Dired/ls permissions listing on Windows Drew Adams
2011-09-11 2:12 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-11 2:25 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-09-11 14:44 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-28 11:14 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
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