Mercurial > emacs
diff lisp/dired.el @ 111826:b665689b1c29
Smarter initialization for dired-use-ls-dired (Bug#7546).
* lisp/dired.el (dired-use-ls-dired): Set default to a special
"unspecified" value.
(dired-insert-directory): When called the first time, check
whether "ls --dired" succeeds and set dired-use-ls-dired (Bug#7546).
author | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> |
---|---|
date | Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:10:12 -0500 |
parents | 141d3f14d8c3 |
children | c00190a8c8ef |
line wrap: on
line diff
--- a/lisp/dired.el Sat Dec 04 20:50:39 2010 +0100 +++ b/lisp/dired.el Sat Dec 04 17:10:12 2010 -0500 @@ -80,8 +80,11 @@ "/etc/chown"))) "Name of chown command (usually `chown' or `/etc/chown').") -(defvar dired-use-ls-dired (not (not (string-match "gnu" system-configuration))) - "Non-nil means Dired should use `ls --dired'.") +(defvar dired-use-ls-dired 'unspecified + "Non-nil means Dired should use \"ls --dired\". +The special value of `unspecified' means to check explicitly, and +save the result in this variable. This is performed the first +time `dired-insert-directory' is called.") (defvar dired-chmod-program "chmod" "Name of chmod command (usually `chmod').") @@ -1057,7 +1060,14 @@ (let ((opoint (point)) (process-environment (copy-sequence process-environment)) end) - (if (or dired-use-ls-dired (file-remote-p dir)) + (if (or (if (eq dired-use-ls-dired 'unspecified) + ;; Check whether "ls --dired" gives exit code 0, and + ;; save the answer in `dired-use-ls-dired'. + (setq dired-use-ls-dired + (eq (call-process insert-directory-program nil nil nil "--dired") + 0)) + dired-use-ls-dired) + (file-remote-p dir)) (setq switches (concat "--dired " switches))) ;; We used to specify the C locale here, to force English month names; ;; but this should not be necessary any more,