From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Heerdegen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18051: 24.3.92; ls-lisp: Sorting; make ls-lisp-string-lessp a normal function? Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 09:30:32 +0200 Message-ID: <87wqb8mqqv.fsf@web.de> References: <87ha2f5gp8.fsf@web.de> <838unr6ttu.fsf@gnu.org> <871ttj5dfi.fsf@web.de> <87iomvhvdg.fsf@gmx.de> <834myf6mfl.fsf@gnu.org> <87a987ht5r.fsf@gmx.de> <83y4vq6cz3.fsf@gnu.org> <87tx6c7f5v.fsf@web.de> <8338dw5zrf.fsf@gnu.org> <87lhro7dp4.fsf@web.de> <83zjg44jzd.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1405841484 12868 80.91.229.3 (20 Jul 2014 07:31:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 07:31:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: michael.albinus@gmx.de, 18051@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 20 09:31:17 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X8laX-0000Rk-4l for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 09:31:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56723 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8laW-00040L-JJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 03:31:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59503) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8laO-0003xu-AG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 03:31:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8laI-0005h9-EK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 03:31:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:36450) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8laI-0005h3-CB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 03:31:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X8laI-0001gl-1E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 03:31:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Michael Heerdegen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 07:31:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18051 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18051-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18051.14058414486468 (code B ref 18051); Sun, 20 Jul 2014 07:31:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18051) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Jul 2014 07:30:48 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59949 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X8la2-0001gF-T3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 03:30:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.web.de ([212.227.17.12]:62145) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X8lZy-0001fv-K4 for 18051@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 03:30:43 -0400 Original-Received: from drachen.dragon ([94.217.127.201]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb101) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MX0Q4-1X5Lor0UOi-00VxYf; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 09:30:33 +0200 In-Reply-To: <83zjg44jzd.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 20 Jul 2014 09:33:58 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.92 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:YN67xDTmKkYyCcDDMFwVOtxxXUcOUMKz2M6X8VTjmgrIFCM8jS+ myv92qjogZQocHQ8elvARvKzJg4u4cov+h0UFkjAtnYg42ZKRgN9fAuneHqlZne4p3nU6k4 DYn/hdPLFSUK9LPwCwC+z+/bB4S3uQUmXQ5o0nXUeo0T2IlaSY/rCkbu6K1bPL5IrjjvMKr zCJ88G1cegus8HXmQ0yvw== X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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:91686 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > Why is it important to you to know that the file is a symlink, if you > always want to change its target? That's what I want for file modes - but still I want to know/see what I'm doing! And it makes a difference in the organization of the file system. You can use symlinks as some kind of shortcut to move within the file system more quickly. It makes a difference if you remove a shortcut or if you erase a whole directory with all its files from your hard drive. It also makes a difference when you think you make a local change, and actually cause changes "somewhere else" in the file system. The funniest thing you could do would be to delete the target because you think you have two identical versions of a file/directory in your filesystem, and then are shocked because the second version turns out to be a dead link after that.