From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bill Wohler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Sorting of directories in dired Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 18:12:36 -0700 Organization: Newt Software Message-ID: <87ll4i5ce3.fsf@olgas.newt.com> References: <42CC7021.5050606@student.lu.se> <42CCD07F.5010509@student.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1120785887 15441 80.91.229.2 (8 Jul 2005 01:24:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 01:24:47 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 08 03:24:44 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DqhbZ-0007AB-8I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2005 03:24:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dqhcp-0000Hp-KV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 21:25:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DqhbI-0008WU-9H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 21:24:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dqhb6-0008Pi-3r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 21:24:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dqhb3-0008LM-Gl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 21:24:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA:16) (Exim 4.34) id 1DqhXU-0007D4-Ua for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 21:20:25 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DqhQe-00069x-W2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2005 03:13:21 +0200 Original-Received: from 68.165.3.175 ([68.165.3.175]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 08 Jul 2005 03:13:20 +0200 Original-Received: from wohler by 68.165.3.175 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 08 Jul 2005 03:13:20 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.165.3.175 User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZfeBfrb4KZ1SWMMTMeqCpbPhKVI= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:40613 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:40613 Edward O'Connor writes: >>> Thanks! Should not this be the default on w32? >> >> I suppose it would make sense, yes. > > Here's one vote for leaving the default as it is. I love how Emacs > is a consistent environment across the various operating systems it > runs on, and would much prefer it for the default Dired behavior to > continue to be the same across all supported systems. I used to think that too, but it's been my experience (as a UI programmer) that users really want their OS's look and feel. So, I've switched my viewpoint to prefer platform-specific look and feels rather than cross-platform look and feels. -- Bill Wohler http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane.