bug#52384: [External] : bug#52384: 26.3; dired buffer navigation tweak

[Drew Adams]

> > This is that thread:
> > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-09/msg01976.html
> >
> > Checking your and my posts (and others) in that
> > thread, I find nothing about any of this.  Could
> > you point to the message(s) you're referring to?
> > A URL would be good.
> 
> Strange, I have a message in the archive from 24 Sep,
> but it doesn't exist on the thread that you posted.

Could you please post the URL to that message,
whatever thread it might be in?

> > More importantly, `<' and `>' going to the first
> > and last file, respectively, has nothing to do with
> > wraparound.  So if that's what you suggested or
> > implemented, it's something else entirely.
> 
> I suggested to use TAB that goes to the next file
> and wraps around at boundaries.  Then '>' could be
> reused to go to the last file.

I see.  Apparently I didn't see or notice your
suggestion.

> Maybe then like there is a user option `ls-lisp-dirs-first'
> for ls-lisp.el, a similar option should be added to dired as well,
> so users won't need to manually add "--group-directories-first"
> to `dired-listing-switches'.  Do you agree?

That's kinda outside the scope of this bug thread.
But yes, FWIW I agree: I think such an option
would make sense.

(Not that my opinion would make any difference.)

Probably `ls-lisp-dirs-first' should take precedence,
however, as someone might well want dirs-first only
on MS Windows (or more generally, when `ls-lisp.el'
is loaded).