bug#71770: closed (30.0.60; Dired freeze with dired-movement-style = t)

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and subject line Re: bug#71770: 30.0.60; Dired freeze with dired-movement-style 
= t
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #71770,
regarding 30.0.60; Dired freeze with dired-movement-style = t
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> 30.0.60; Dired freeze with dired-movement-style = t
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> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:16:31 +0200
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13)
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> >From `emacs -Q`:
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> 1. Type `M-: (setq dired-movement-style t) RET`
> 2. Open any directory in Dired.
> 3. Type `p` three times.
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> Dired freezes when reaching the top of the directory list.
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> The NEWS entry says:
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>   When non-nil, make 'dired-next-line', 'dired-previous-line',
>   'dired-next-dirline', 'dired-prev-dirline' skip empty lines.
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> I noticed only later that the only supported non-nil values are `cycle`
> and `bounded`.
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> Perhaps the NEWS entry could be clarified, or perhaps the value of
> `dired-movement-style` could be more forgiving (such as making `t` the
> same as `cycle`, or just fall back to the default behavior instead of
> freezing).
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> Re: bug#71770: 30.0.60; Dired freeze with dired-movement-style = t
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> Date: 
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> Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:44:33 +0300
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> > Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:16:31 +0200
> > From:  Simen Heggestøyl via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> >  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
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> > >From `emacs -Q`:
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> > 1. Type `M-: (setq dired-movement-style t) RET`
> > 2. Open any directory in Dired.
> > 3. Type `p` three times.
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> > Dired freezes when reaching the top of the directory list.
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> > The NEWS entry says:
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> >   When non-nil, make 'dired-next-line', 'dired-previous-line',
> >   'dired-next-dirline', 'dired-prev-dirline' skip empty lines.
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> > I noticed only later that the only supported non-nil values are `cycle`
> > and `bounded`.
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> > Perhaps the NEWS entry could be clarified, or perhaps the value of
> > `dired-movement-style` could be more forgiving (such as making `t` the
> > same as `cycle`, or just fall back to the default behavior instead of
> > freezing).
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> Thanks, I went with the latter (t is now treated as 'bounded').  Fixed
> on the emacs-30 branch.
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> And with that, I'm closing this bug.
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