RE: dired-details: show/hide file details in Dired

[Drew Adams]

>     There was a patch for 2005-07-07 CVS that was approved by RMS
>     which I can send or update if anyone is interested. I went on
>     vacation and got back too late to update the docinfo as
>     requested; should be easy to update for modern dired.el.
>
> Now is a good time to install it.  Can you update it for the current
> dired.el, and send it with a change log?

How about also installing the enhancements provided by dired-details+.el?

The frame-fitting enhancement need not be applied, since Emacs does not yet
have my frame-fitting code. But I think some of the other enhancements could
be integrated. They are:

1. Update the hide/show overlays automatically whenever you create new files
or directories or rename existing files or directories. This means tweaking
the definitions of `dired-byte-compile', `dired-compress',
`dired-create-files' and `dired-create-directory' (instead of advising
them).

2. Provide a user option, `dired-details-propagate-flag' which, if non-nil,
propagates the last hide/show state you chose to the next Dired buffer you
open.

I also recommend:

1. Binding the toggle command to a key, such as `)'.

2. Using "" as the default value of `dired-details-hidden-string', to save
screen real estate.