GNU bug report logs - #29185
Dired: don't just say "by date" when -tc is used

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 22:09:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Dired: don't just say "by date" when -tc is used
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 06:04:04 +0800

"s runs the command dired-sort-toggle-or-edit ...
With a prefix argument, edit the current listing switches instead."

OK I added S. Now the mode line shows "(Dired -aloS)". Good.

Now instead I added -tc. But the mode line just says

However the sorting order is very much different than the usual "(Dired
by date)" (just -t, not -tc).

Therefore the modeline should say "(Dired -alotc)", not "(Dired by
date)".

You might say "But it is still a date-based sorting method".

Yes, but unlike -r, -c is not just a different sorting direction...

Or, always say "(Dired by date -xyz)" showing all the switches all the
time.

Also maybe don't just say the same "by name" for -lc vs. -l...
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 29185 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29185: Dired: don't just say "by date" when -tc is used
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 00:14:17 +0200

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> Or, always say "(Dired by date -xyz)" showing all the switches all the
> time.

Something like this was added in Emacs 28 as
`dired-switches-in-mode-line'.

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