From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: rgm@gnu.org, 23033@debbugs.gnu.org, mgsloan@gmail.com
Subject: bug#23033: 24.5; Lock file uses the same extension as the file it's locking
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 04:27:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871r5dpeya.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmno-wPvfeReSzLBnCrdDKB3bhkvMvJZVEZjVvHrQ3R-cw@mail.gmail.com> (Stefan Kangas's message of "Fri, 24 Sep 2021 19:10:14 -0700")
Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:
>> I think we should only consider adding punctuation characters, because
>> that would ensure these lock files are displayed right next to the
>> files they lock, like today. Moving the lock files away of the files
>> they lock in the directory listing would be a disadvantage, IMO.
>
> I use LC_COLLATE=C, so I have never had these files next to each other,
> and never missed that feature either.
Yeah, they've never displayed close to each other for me, either.
> I also note that even with ".lock" the files are fairly close together,
> and they are also colored differently so they stand out.
>
> So from my perspective having the explanation ".lock" visible in the
> name is worth more than a slightly better sort order.
But would adding .lock to them change the sort order much?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-25 2:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-16 21:35 bug#23033: 24.5; Lock file uses the same extension as the file it's locking Michael Sloan
2016-03-19 2:09 ` Glenn Morris
2019-11-08 5:00 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-08 6:17 ` Michael Sloan
2019-11-08 13:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-08 14:03 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-08 14:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-08 13:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-08 14:10 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-08 19:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-09 6:17 ` Michael Sloan
2019-11-09 7:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-09 9:12 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-09 9:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-09 23:37 ` Michael Sloan
2019-11-14 9:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-16 23:23 ` Michael Sloan
2021-09-25 0:06 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 1:49 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25 2:10 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 2:27 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2021-09-25 2:59 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 3:05 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25 3:45 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-26 5:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-26 6:31 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-26 6:34 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-26 7:17 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-26 8:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-26 8:37 ` Andreas Schwab
2022-04-18 11:30 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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