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Re: [Elisp-code-dired] Dired 7.16 bug: [XEmacs/WinXP native] sorting dep
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Michael Sperber |
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Re: [Elisp-code-dired] Dired 7.16 bug: [XEmacs/WinXP native] sorting depends on --dired |
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Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:09:21 +0200 |
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Sorry for the late reply ...
Marcus Harnisch <address@hidden> writes:
> Enabling `--dired' reverses the sorting order in the dired
> buffer. Data generated by ls seems to be OK. Strangely, I see that
> issue only on WinXP, but not on my linux-x86_64 system.
That's because on WinXP, Dired uses an internal C version of "ls",
wherease on Linux, the regular GNU ls is used. The internal C version
on Windows doesn't know about `dired-use-ls-dired' (which is also why
it's turned off by default). However, it looks at the characters of the
command-line options. "--dired" contains an "r" which the internal "ls"
takes to mean "reverse" ...
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Cheers =8-} Mike
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