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RE: bug in dired / dired-listing-switches
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: bug in dired / dired-listing-switches |
Date: |
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:31:59 -0700 |
> I tried to experiment with --group-directories-first
>
> I set dired-listing-switches to
> "--group-directories-first -gGh"
>
> This "works" but shows the following strange behavior
>
> Although hitting s in the dired buffer correctly switches
> the sorting between "by name" and "by date", the mode line
> always says "by date".
>
> I was going to "report-emacs-bug" but wondered if my setting of dired
> listing switches is invalid. For one thing it doesn't contain -l (-g
> essentially gives that). Should I be filing a bug?
> This behavior occurs with emacs -Q
The doc string of `dired-listing-switches' says that you must include `-l' - as
you probably read. So all bets are off if you do not do that.
But especially if it "works" anyway, I would say file a bug report. The Emacs
developers will clarify whether it is in fact a bug, and will perhaps tweak the
product or the doc based on the details you report, in the interest of clarity.
Use `M-x send-emacs-bug-report', and start from `emacs -Q'.