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bug#23812: 25.0.95; Minor glitch in dired listing due to non English hos
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#23812: 25.0.95; Minor glitch in dired listing due to non English host language |
Date: |
Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:56:10 -0800 (PST) |
> > There's been a bit of discussion over the years about that summary line
> > in Dired, but I'm not sure whether anybody came to any conclusions. I
> > guess we do not want to run "ls" under the C locale? That would make
> > all the lines be in English, including the dates...
>
> IMHO, it should be simply removed, it carries so little information,
> especially nowadays.
I disagree.
Of course, it could be made optional.
And the argument that it carries little info isn't
an argument for showing no info. It's an argument
for showing more or better info.
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And yes, the info can be improved.
In my case (Dired+, files+.el), it shows this, for
any listing:
z:/path/to/some/subdir:
files 157/1659 space used 34111 available 101612836
`files 157/1659' shows the # of files currently
shown (visible) in the current subdir listing (157),
compared to the # of files in the main dir (1659).
And that `files 157/1659' is a link/button.
Mouseover tells you:
Files shown / total in directory [RET, mouse-1: more info]
And clicking or RET shows you complete info about
that subdir. E.g.:
z:/path/to/some/subdir
----------------------
File Type: Directory
Permissions: drwxrwxrwx
Time of last access: Wed Jul 25 08:26:24 2018 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Time of last modification: Wed Jul 25 08:26:24 2018 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Time of last status change: Wed Jul 25 08:26:16 2018 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Number of links: 1
User ID (UID): 37686
Group ID (GID): 513
Inode: 281464976926869
Device number: 315264003
Similarly, "space used 34111 available 101612836" is
a link/button. Mouseover tells you:
Kbytes used in directory, Kbytes available on disk
And the same info (see above) is shown when you click
or use RET.
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And let's not forget that when Dired details are
hidden (`('), the line isn't shown at all. (IMO,
details should be hidden, not shown, by default.)