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From: Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>
Subject: Re: Sorting of directories in dired
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 18:12:36 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ll4i5ce3.fsf@olgas.newt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m2irzn3tqx.fsf@roisin.local

Edward O'Connor <hober0@gmail.com> writes:

>>> Thanks! Should not this be the default on w32?
>>
>> I suppose it would make sense, yes.
>
> Here's one vote for leaving the default as it is. I love how Emacs
> is a consistent environment across the various operating systems it
> runs on, and would much prefer it for the default Dired behavior to
> continue to be the same across all supported systems.

I used to think that too, but it's been my experience (as a UI
programmer) that users really want their OS's look and feel. So, I've
switched my viewpoint to prefer platform-specific look and feels
rather than cross-platform look and feels.

-- 
Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>  http://www.newt.com/wohler/  GnuPG ID:610BD9AD
Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian!
If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-07-08  1:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-07-06 23:58 Sorting of directories in dired Lennart Borgman
2005-07-07  0:13 ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-07-07  6:49   ` Lennart Borgman
2005-07-07  8:02     ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-07-07  8:28       ` Edward O'Connor
2005-07-07 10:11         ` Juanma Barranquero
2005-07-07 12:24           ` David Kastrup
2005-07-07 10:53         ` theming (was: Sorting of directories in dired) John S. Yates, Jr.
2005-07-07 12:17           ` theming Lennart Borgman
2005-07-07 13:31             ` theming Juanma Barranquero
2005-07-07 13:50               ` theming Lennart Borgman
2005-07-07 14:00                 ` theming Juanma Barranquero
2005-07-07 14:24                   ` theming Lennart Borgman
2005-07-07 17:36               ` theming Drew Adams
2005-07-08  4:36               ` theming Richard M. Stallman
2005-07-08 11:05             ` theming John S. Yates, Jr.
2005-07-07 12:22           ` theming (was: Sorting of directories in dired) David Reitter
2005-07-07 14:20             ` theming David Kastrup
2005-07-08 12:38               ` theming David Reitter
2005-07-08 14:27                 ` theming Stefan Monnier
2005-07-08 22:01                   ` theming Richard M. Stallman
     [not found]             ` <m1DqbHY-0004RAC@rattlesnake.com>
2005-07-07 18:59               ` theming (was: Sorting of directories in dired) David Reitter
2005-07-07 19:11             ` David Reitter
2005-07-10  5:19             ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-07-10  5:19           ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-07-07 20:37         ` Sorting of directories in dired Eli Zaretskii
2005-07-08  1:12         ` Bill Wohler [this message]
2005-07-07 16:43     ` Drew Adams
2005-07-07 21:08       ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-07-07 20:35         ` Drew Adams
2005-07-07 22:41           ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-07-07 22:53             ` Drew Adams
2005-07-08 10:58               ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-07-08 17:40             ` Richard M. Stallman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-07-07  9:55 LENNART BORGMAN
2005-07-07 16:32 ` Edward O'Connor
2005-07-08 20:59   ` Johan Bockgård
2005-07-07 17:56 ` Alex Schroeder
2005-07-07 20:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-07-07 19:53   ` Lennart Borgman
2005-07-07 21:21     ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-07-07 20:44       ` Lennart Borgman
2005-07-07 22:43         ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-07-07 22:06           ` Lennart Borgman
2005-07-08 10:28             ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-07-07 20:00   ` Drew Adams

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