From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Dired confused by filenames starting with date-like strings Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:35:12 +0900 Message-ID: <87mz9uyzfj.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <1156356934.469929.210320@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <87sljnf670.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1156430151 6931 80.91.229.2 (24 Aug 2006 14:35:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:35:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 24 16:35:47 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GGGJ0-0007BM-IB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:35:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GGGIz-0002ka-T0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:35:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GGGIo-0002ie-KK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:35:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GGGIj-0002ex-QD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:35:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GGGIj-0002eh-NN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:35:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [203.216.5.72] (helo=smtp02.dentaku.gol.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GGGQl-00081f-6p; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:43:39 -0400 Original-Received: from 203-216-105-174.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.105.174] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1GGGId-0003Kn-Tb; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:35:16 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E3B132F48; Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:35:13 +0900 (JST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Peter Dyballa's message of "Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:56:33 +0200") Original-Lines: 22 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com 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:36903 Archived-At: Peter Dyballa writes: > When I do > > (setq dired-use-ls-dired "/sw/bin/gls --dired") `dired-use-ls-dired' is a boolean, which causes dired to append the "--dired" option itself. To tell dired what ls program to use, you have to use a separate variable, `insert-directory-program'. So I guess the following should work: (setq dired-use-ls-dired t) (setq insert-directory-program "/sw/bin/gls") -Miles -- `Cars give people wonderful freedom and increase their opportunities. But they also destroy the environment, to an extent so drastic that they kill all social life' (from _A Pattern Language_)