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Re: Dired doesn't understand localized file dates
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Paul Stoeber |
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Re: Dired doesn't understand localized file dates |
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Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:12:51 +0200 |
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On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 02:13:08PM +0200, Paul Stoeber wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 01:26:42PM +0200, Paul Stoeber wrote:
> > (setq dired-move-to-filename-regexp "^ *[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+
> > +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +")
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> (setq dired-move-to-filename-regexp "^. [^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +[^
> ]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +")
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> is a better bet.
That's defeated by filenames starting with space. Next try:
(setq dired-move-to-filename-regexp "^. [^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +[^
]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ ")
It relies on `ls' always printing the date as three space-separated fields,
and on the last field of the date being right-justified,
and on `ls' emitting no tabs for justification (GNU ls is okay),
and on user+group names containing no space,
and on Dired not laying further traps like marking,
and on, and on, ...
Damn, it must be wrong, but I won't post further corrections.
Look at the default value of dired-move-to-filename-regexp.
Exercises
1. [49] Convice yourself of the fact that Dired is not ill-designed.