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bug#54962: 28.1; insert-directory-program should be ls-program
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#54962: 28.1; insert-directory-program should be ls-program |
Date: |
Fri, 15 Apr 2022 22:50:38 +0300 |
> From: Howard Melman <hmelman@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:24:41 -0400
>
> This is minor, but I think insert-directory-program should
> be called ls-program. I'm sure it's for historical reasons
> but a variable alias or other solution would be great.
No one said it has to be 'ls'. It can be anything else, as long as it
produces the same output.
So I see no reason to change the name of that variable.
> On the mac I think it's common to install gnu ls as "gls"
> and I had hard time finding the emacs variable to set to
> have it use this.
That is not a reason to rename the variable, it is perhaps a reason to
improve our Help and Apropos facilities.
> There are several dozen such variables
> and they all follow a similar more discoverable naming
> pattern as this sample:
Those are much more specific.