From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9039: 24.0.50; dired "f" fails on directory that begins with a space Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:46:03 -0700 Message-ID: <8662nasvis.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> References: <86ei1yswoi.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <86aacmsvvz.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <8dliw6500t.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310266107 21788 80.91.229.12 (10 Jul 2011 02:48:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:48:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 9039@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 10 04:48:22 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qfk4B-0001S6-M9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:48:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59243 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qfk4A-0000sZ-U3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:48:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:57461) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qfk30-0000fv-Bc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:47:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qfk2x-0004IG-I7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:47:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39808) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qfk2x-0004I1-8p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:47:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qfk2w-00044t-El; Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:47:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:47:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9039 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9039-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9039.131026597315615 (code B ref 9039); Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:47:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9039) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Jul 2011 02:46:13 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qfk28-00043o-Do for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:46:12 -0400 Original-Received: from lax-gw12.mailroute.net ([199.89.0.112] helo=mail.mroute.net) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qfk25-00043Q-PS for 9039@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:46:10 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lax-gw12.mroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B7E932706C8; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:46:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by MailRoute Original-Received: from red.stonehenge.com (red.stonehenge.com [208.79.95.2]) by lax-gw12.mroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A406332706C4; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:46:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: by red.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 91D763C38; Sat, 9 Jul 2011 19:46:03 -0700 (PDT) x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.18.9.9; tzolkin = 6 Muluc; haab = 17 Tzec In-Reply-To: <8dliw6500t.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:42:42 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:47:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:48443 Archived-At: >>>>> "GM" == Glenn Morris writes: >> nil. The default. GM> The default is `unspecified'. How so? I have nothing to set it, and it comes up nil. How is that not the defaul then? GM> OK, your dired doesn't support the --dired option. In this case, dired GM> is known to not perform as well, especially with regards to file names GM> with spaces. If you install GNU ls, it will work better. And yet, "find-file" finds the directory with a space just fine, and even autocompletes it. Why isn't GNU Emacs using readdir() and stat() internally? Why is it depending on an external ls? -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion