From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11000: 24.0.94; Caching '--dired' is a bad idea Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:47:31 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1331570908 26096 80.91.229.3 (12 Mar 2012 16:48:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:48:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11000@debbugs.gnu.org To: Leo Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 12 17:48:27 2012 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 1S78Q5-000182-LX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:48:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51407 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S78Q5-0004mF-4f for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:48:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47828) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S78Px-0004jl-G3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:48:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S78Pr-0005Mw-Ce for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:48:17 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:40254) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S78Pr-0005Mp-9G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:48:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S78sk-0005AX-6V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:18:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:18:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11000 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11000-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11000.133157264919827 (code B ref 11000); Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:18:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11000) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Mar 2012 17:17:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47086 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S78sC-00059j-CB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:17:29 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:35594) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S78sA-00059c-LM for 11000@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:17:27 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S78PE-0003VG-Fi; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:47:32 -0400 X-Spook: SP4 mailbomb Telex Iran Fedayeen sniper Bruxelles bomb X-Ran: RiGJ|o?KP?U2wE4D(U]:R#A6xR4OEJ{@|St6w:e*%.BDRA\SV5tsc']*lytu-vwCQz$4|2 X-Hue: magenta X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Leo's message of "Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:45:52 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:57725 Archived-At: Leo wrote: > If I change insert-directory-program from one supports --dired to one > not, I can no longer open any directory in dired-mode. For example on > OSX, I have the `ls' from BSD and another one from GNU coreutils > installed as `gls', not to mention opening remote directories. > > I think caching --dired switch in dired-use-ls-dired is a bad idea. Not caching it is a worse idea. There should simple be a note in the doc of insert-directory-program, saying that if you change this, you may need to change dired-use-ls-dired. If insert-directory-program were a defcustom (currently, it is not even a user option), it could have a :set function that makes the necessary change for you.