From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mike Ballard Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: kinda dumb dired/ls question Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2003 03:10:05 GMT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068347682 23643 80.91.224.253 (9 Nov 2003 03:14:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 03:14:42 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 09 04:14:40 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AIg2B-00084K-00 for ; Sun, 09 Nov 2003 04:14:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AIgzL-0002E7-Q0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2003 23:15:47 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!tethys.csu.net!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!4507221d!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Newsreader: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-Lines: 34 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.75.29.1 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net Original-X-Trace: newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net 1068347405 67.75.29.1 (Sat, 08 Nov 2003 19:10:05 PST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 19:10:05 PST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118027 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13966 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13966 I run an emacs instance as "mike" and a second separate instance sometimes as root. I point root's ~/.emacs to load stuff from mike's *.elc. In mike's ~/.emacs there is: (setq dired-actual-switches (concat "-alo --time-style=+'%b %e %y %H:%M'")) mike also uses a tcsh alias for /bin/ls: alias l '/bin/ls -lo --color=tty --time-style=+"%b %e %y %H:%M" \!* && echo ""' These give me the exact ls output I want either in tcsh and dired. However, although the same shell alias works for root I cannot get root's emacs instance to use it (in dired). What is (seemingly) ignored in root's emacs instance is the "--time*." I've even pasted in the above setq as the last line in root's ~/.emacs but root's dired buffers are not using "--time*". I've been through much gnashing of teeth trying to get it to work but can't and don't see what I'm missing. Anyone know? Or maybe can tell me how to get the root instance to append "--time*" to its dired ls? Mike -- mike.ballard--at--earthlink.net "Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic and so am I"