bug#48883: dired marking bugs

[Filipp Gunbin]

On 07/06/2021 20:53 +0200, Arthur Miller wrote:

> Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com> writes:
>
>> In testing my diredc package, I'm coming across the following bugs
>> reproducable in \emacs -Q -nw:
>>
>> 1) Improper marking of directory heading line
>>
>>    1.1) The correct and expected behavior of dired is that when one
>>         navigates to a directory heading line (eg. the first line of a
>>         simple dired buffer) and presses 'm', all "real" files of that
>>         directory are marked, [IMPORTANT] the lines for the "not-real"
>>         files '.' and '..' are not marked, and [IMPORTANT] the directory
>>         line itself is not marked.
> I have no idea if that is "correct and expected behaviour", I don't see
> it said in manual, or I missed it, but anyway, the headline in Dired is
> a waste of space since you can see dir name in modeline or frame title,
> [...]

The headlines are very much needed if you have -R in ls switches…