From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Whitfield Diffie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13165: Fwd: Newlines in file names Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:33:28 -0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1355549649 876 80.91.229.3 (15 Dec 2012 05:34:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 05:34:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13165@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 15 06:34:23 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TjkOF-0002Pq-0X for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 06:34:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50568 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjkO1-0004sR-Tk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:34:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56988) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjkNw-0004s1-09 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:34:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjkNs-00051y-RU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:34:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:32959) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjkNs-00051t-M8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:34:00 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TjkOs-0000Sw-1v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:35:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Whitfield Diffie Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 05:35:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13165 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13165-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13165.13555496731751 (code B ref 13165); Sat, 15 Dec 2012 05:35:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13165) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Dec 2012 05:34:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43210 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TjkOO-0000SB-UD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:34:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qc0-f172.google.com ([209.85.216.172]:61972) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TjkON-0000S5-GU for 13165@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:34:32 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-qc0-f172.google.com with SMTP id b25so3170571qca.3 for <13165@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:33:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=KMV6PQFoVnsuUvR1lqUof8via6hEGIwdbV5oUDTuSM0=; b=0k1K7aUN+WlKQgGAP41r9hzXoeTacgpMpbz5/EGbxPOeUoN+9vlsi2HvtBRWnoj5B6 aPMijhRZf/c4kr1ayZNv50YM6qSYb53h/yOSCUdbFwJULAuG8NLxyWhh7OweKSIU0McU vBueJSKaPePq/UNlRWXaGJfuOUCnGqooz98TJtIvit5rZ5LaC2jqeNxlxF0u0uPD+HtT 9TC6dwnE029rvbmamXqwkJJcTQ07sG4kvoNMyrMwDD/A6i2NW7dGwY69ZJ9wB/YB7RUc GcE0R9MrYGPxp/Tnz4BNM3L7ns4gj3i22thK5Q/LOB3++p0ErBWFNN5h6bzbsKujcwj7 MBuA== Original-Received: by 10.224.221.72 with SMTP id ib8mr1609384qab.7.1355549609040; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:33:29 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.49.36.229 with HTTP; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:33:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: ApRbbchGI0XsJbQPGm_9BMkfrd4 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:68536 Archived-At: >> In emacs 22.1.1, if you have a file whose name contains a carriage >> return and put the cursor on the line with that file in dired, then >> (file-exists-p (dired-get-filename)) is nil. > > It works fine if you add -b to dired-listing-switches. I find it hard to see (null (file-exists-p (dired-get-filename))) as anything but a bug; if -b didn't put the filenames in the right form, dired should have done so. I am, however, very grateful to you for setting me on the right path. My problem was code in dired-insert-directory that reformats filenames if it does not find b in the listing-switches. Your message put me on the right track and I have solved the problem. Thank you. What I am working with is a substantially revised dired, e.g., /Users/diffie/system/emacs/local/dired-mods: dr-x 10 29Oct12 17:10:33 dired-sort-halves.el dr-x 16 27Oct12 18:16:51 dired-sorting.el -r-- 2006 22Apr09 07:41:09 directory-needs-reversion-p.el -r-- 4714 7Feb12 20:19:43 dired-add-entry.el -r-- 418 20Jun06 22:16:47 dired-add-file.el -r-- 939 18Mar07 21:06:53 dired-add-zero-in-filename.el -r-- 594 30Nov11 11:06:45 dired-approximate-position.el -r-- 231 7Feb12 19:58:01 dired-at-headerline.el in which there are numerous format switches. (Anyone who is interested, is naturally welcome to it; I haven't compared it with dired in later versions of Emacs.) > emacs-22.1 -Q --eval '(setq dired-listing-switches "-alb")' > This was a suggestion when this was a help request: If it was a response to my help request, it didn't reach me. > I see no prospect of Dired handling file names with newlines without the > -b switch in use. My dired doesn't depend on ls. I does use it at present but I think directory-files would do just as well. Thanks again, Whit