Re: dired without -l, wdired fails

[Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null>]

Andreas Roehler <andreas.roehler@online.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
> if `dired' is called without the `-l' switch,
> wdired... no longer works, buffer isn't editable.
>
> Think should file a bug-report. Just asking here first, maybe
> I miss something.
>
> Thanks
>

Not a bug - from the docs 

,----[ C-h v dired-listing-switches RET ]
| dired-listing-switches is a variable defined in `dired.el'.
| Its value is "-l"
| 
| Documentation:
| Switches passed to `ls' for Dired.  MUST contain the `l' option.
| May contain all other options that don't contradict `-l';
| may contain even `F', `b', `i' and `s'.  See also the variable
| `dired-ls-F-marks-symlinks' concerning the `F' switch.
| On systems such as MS-DOS and MS-Windows, which use `ls' emulation in Lisp,
| some of the `ls' switches are not supported; see the doc string of
| `insert-directory' in `ls-lisp.el' for more details.
| 
| You can customize this variable.
| 
| [back]
`----

HTH 

Tim
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