[21.3] Dired listing is not kept in sync (e.g. after M)

[21.3] Dired listing is not kept in sync (e.g. after M)

[Jari Aalto]

In GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2004-08-03 on raven, modified by Debian

If file modes are changed in Dired buffer, the listing is not kept in synch
with the rest of the lines. See the misplaced day, month etc after
"M" command above ntp.keys

  -rw-r--r--   1 root root     2898 Oct 12 20:02 ntp.conf
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root 0 Oct 12 20:06 ntp.keys

Only after "g" to get new listing this is restored to:

  -rw-r--r--   1 root root     2898 Oct 12 20:02 ntp.conf
  -rw-r--r--   1 root root        0 Oct 12 20:06 ntp.keys

Since diredt modifies the layout of line after M, by displaying
the new permissions, it shoudl also preserve the whole line.

Jari

Re: [21.3] Dired listing is not kept in sync (e.g. after M)

[Stefan Monnier]

>>>>> "Jari" == Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> writes:

> In GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
>  of 2004-08-03 on raven, modified by Debian

> If file modes are changed in Dired buffer, the listing is not kept in synch
> with the rest of the lines. See the misplaced day, month etc after
> "M" command above ntp.keys

>   -rw-r--r--   1 root root     2898 Oct 12 20:02 ntp.conf
>   -rw-r--r--  1 root root 0 Oct 12 20:06 ntp.keys

> Only after "g" to get new listing this is restored to:

>   -rw-r--r--   1 root root     2898 Oct 12 20:02 ntp.conf
>   -rw-r--r--   1 root root        0 Oct 12 20:06 ntp.keys

> Since dired modifies the layout of line after M, by displaying
> the new permissions, it shoudl also preserve the whole line.

I've hopefully fixed this in the CVS a few weeks ago.
The layout is done by `ls' and the problem is that `ls' does not always lay
things out the same way :-(


        Stefan