* Re: An ls that does not understand --dired [not found] <mailman.5387.1342996177.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> @ 2012-07-23 0:27 ` Ellen Taylor 2012-07-23 7:00 ` Tassilo Horn 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Ellen Taylor @ 2012-07-23 0:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes: > Hello! > > /bin/ls in Mac OS X 10.6.8 (and maybe more releases) does not understand "--dired", only "-dired". Is there a way to make dired use "-dired" instead of "--dired"? (Besides using gls from GNU Coreutils.) > > -- > Greetings > > Pete > > No matter which way you ride, it's uphill and against the wind. > – First Law of Bicycling You need to set 'dired-listing-switches'. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: An ls that does not understand --dired 2012-07-23 0:27 ` An ls that does not understand --dired Ellen Taylor @ 2012-07-23 7:00 ` Tassilo Horn 2012-07-24 22:44 ` Stefan Vollmar 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Tassilo Horn @ 2012-07-23 7:00 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Ellen Taylor < ellen@nospam.invalid > writes: Hi! >> /bin/ls in Mac OS X 10.6.8 (and maybe more releases) does not >> understand "--dired", only "-dired". Is there a way to make dired use >> "-dired" instead of "--dired"? (Besides using gls from GNU >> Coreutils.) The use of "--dired" is hard-coded in `dired-insert-directory'. > You need to set 'dired-listing-switches'. Dired checks if ls supports --dired. In Peter's case, it'll determine that it's not supported. So adding "-dired" to `dired-listing-switches' should in fact do the job. Bye, Tassilo ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: An ls that does not understand --dired 2012-07-23 7:00 ` Tassilo Horn @ 2012-07-24 22:44 ` Stefan Vollmar 2012-07-25 9:37 ` Peter Dyballa 2012-07-25 11:32 ` Peter Dyballa 0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Stefan Vollmar @ 2012-07-24 22:44 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Tassilo Horn, Peter_Dyballa; +Cc: David Reitter, help-gnu-emacs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1467 bytes --] Dear Tassilo, dear Ellen, dear Peter, I am afraid that adding "-dired" to dired-listing-switches did not solve the problem, at least not for current versions of Aquamacs 3 (it looks like an Emacs 24 Mac-specific problem). However, (setq dired-use-ls-dired nil) does (error message gone). There is a caveat about "unusual" file names (e.g. those with leading spaces) in the documentation of dired-use-ls-dired, so maybe this solution is not for everybody. Warm regards, Stefan On 23.07.2012, at 09:00, Tassilo Horn wrote: > Ellen Taylor < ellen@nospam.invalid > writes: > > Hi! > >>> /bin/ls in Mac OS X 10.6.8 (and maybe more releases) does not >>> understand "--dired", only "-dired". Is there a way to make dired use >>> "-dired" instead of "--dired"? (Besides using gls from GNU >>> Coreutils.) > > The use of "--dired" is hard-coded in `dired-insert-directory'. > >> You need to set 'dired-listing-switches'. > > Dired checks if ls supports --dired. In Peter's case, it'll determine > that it's not supported. So adding "-dired" to `dired-listing-switches' > should in fact do the job. > > Bye, > Tassilo > > -- Dr. Stefan Vollmar, Dipl.-Phys. Head of IT group Max-Planck-Institut für neurologische Forschung Gleuelerstr. 50, 50931 Köln, Germany Tel.: +49-221-4726-213 FAX +49-221-4726-298 Tel.: +49-221-478-5713 Mobile: 0160-93874279 Email: vollmar@nf.mpg.de http://www.nf.mpg.de [-- Attachment #2: smime.p7s --] [-- Type: application/pkcs7-signature, Size: 4409 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: An ls that does not understand --dired 2012-07-24 22:44 ` Stefan Vollmar @ 2012-07-25 9:37 ` Peter Dyballa 2012-07-25 11:32 ` Peter Dyballa 1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Peter Dyballa @ 2012-07-25 9:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Stefan Vollmar; +Cc: David Reitter, Tassilo Horn, help-gnu-emacs Am 25.07.2012 um 00:44 schrieb Stefan Vollmar: > I am afraid that adding "-dired" to dired-listing-switches did not solve the problem, at least not for current versions of Aquamacs 3 (it looks like an Emacs 24 Mac-specific problem). Indeed, elder Emacsen, versions 23.x, do understand a settings like (setq dired-listing-switches "-ahlw -dired") in the site init file and obey it, i.e., they can work with /bin/ls. All the GNU Emacs 24.x versions fail to obey. In earlier version it was also possible to set (setq insert-directory-program "gls" dired-use-ls-dired t) This looks like being worth a bug report. -- Greetings Pete Don't force it; get a larger hammer. – Anthony's Law of Force ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: An ls that does not understand --dired 2012-07-24 22:44 ` Stefan Vollmar 2012-07-25 9:37 ` Peter Dyballa @ 2012-07-25 11:32 ` Peter Dyballa 1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Peter Dyballa @ 2012-07-25 11:32 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Stefan Vollmar; +Cc: David Reitter, Tassilo Horn, help-gnu-emacs Am 25.07.2012 um 00:44 schrieb Stefan Vollmar: > However, > > (setq dired-use-ls-dired nil) > > does (error message gone). There is a caveat about "unusual" file names (e.g. those with leading spaces) in the documentation of dired-use-ls-dired, so maybe this solution is not for everybody. Using the above setting is really bad: no directory listing possible when some directory in the absolute path contains a SPACE… When you can install gls from the GNU Coreutils the settings (setq ls-lisp-use-insert-directory-program t) (setq insert-directory-program "gls") allow GNU Emacs 24.1 to use gls. A second problem exists with possible use of the variable dired-listing-switches. With GNU gls I use "-ahlN" which has to be with the system's ls "-ahlw". -- Greetings Pete The best way to accelerate a PC is 9.8 m/s² ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* An ls that does not understand --dired @ 2012-07-22 22:29 Peter Dyballa 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Peter Dyballa @ 2012-07-22 22:29 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List Hello! /bin/ls in Mac OS X 10.6.8 (and maybe more releases) does not understand "--dired", only "-dired". Is there a way to make dired use "-dired" instead of "--dired"? (Besides using gls from GNU Coreutils.) -- Greetings Pete No matter which way you ride, it's uphill and against the wind. – First Law of Bicycling ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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