From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: dired and `ls' flags Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 17:24:21 -0700 Message-ID: <55C9DC5564ED4E4BB93F421E97EB3F19@us.oracle.com> References: <87zkvyv7vc.fsf@newsguy.com> <4C8169DC.7050306@ccbr.umn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1283559973 8961 80.91.229.12 (4 Sep 2010 00:26:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:26:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: "'Erik Iverson'" , "'Harry Putnam'" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 04 02:26:11 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Orga9-0007fd-TO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:26:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47180 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Orga9-0003IN-5S for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:26:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=35828 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OrgZj-0003HA-EF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:25:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OrgZi-0004sA-HA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:25:43 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:16734) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OrgZi-0004s3-AG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:25:42 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id o840Pcb0024078 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:25:40 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt355.oracle.com (acsmt355.oracle.com [141.146.40.155]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id o83IIc12030012; Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:25:37 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt005.oracle.com by acsmt355.oracle.com with ESMTP id 562377311283559864; Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:24:24 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.217.86) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:24:24 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <4C8169DC.7050306@ccbr.umn.edu> Thread-Index: ActLr8/t7bUfe1cRSpeid4XgqOXBZAAFm0IA X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5931 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:74873 Archived-At: > > I've pounded away in the dired section of the manual > > but haven't uncovered the technique Hm... > > required to change what the buffer looks like. > > I guess its some way of telling emacs to use different > > `ls' flags.... How is that done? > > dired-listing-switches is a variable defined in `dired.el'. > Its value is "-al" And that option is explained front-and-center in the Dired section of the manual - see the first node, `Dired Enter'. That same node also mentions that using a prefix arg with command `dired' prompts you for the `'ls' switches to use: "If you use a numeric prefix argument with the `dired' command, you can specify the `ls' switches with the minibuffer before you enter the directory specification." And if you check the command's doc string: `C-h k C-x d' (or `C-h f dired'), you see the same thing explained: "Optional second argument SWITCHES specifies the `ls' options used. (Interactively, use a prefix argument to be able to specify SWITCHES.)"