Support options with embedded whitespace in 'dired-listing-switches'

* lisp/dired.el (dired-listing-switches): Document how to quote
options with embedded whitespace.

* lisp/files.el (insert-directory): Use split-string-and-unquote
to support dired-listing-switches that specify command-line
options with embedded spaces.  (Bug#25485)
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Eli Zaretskii 2017-02-04 12:02:55 +02:00
parent 331eb6c915
commit c71b718be8
2 changed files with 5 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
May contain all other options that don't contradict `-l';
may contain even `F', `b', `i' and `s'. See also the variable
`dired-ls-F-marks-symlinks' concerning the `F' switch.
Options that include embedded whitespace must be quoted
like this: \\\"--option=value with spaces\\\"; you can use
`combine-and-quote-strings' to produce the correct quoting of
each option.
On systems such as MS-DOS and MS-Windows, which use `ls' emulation in Lisp,
some of the `ls' switches are not supported; see the doc string of
`insert-directory' in `ls-lisp.el' for more details."

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@ -6582,7 +6582,7 @@ normally equivalent short `-D' option is just passed on to
(unless (equal switches "")
;; Split the switches at any spaces so we can
;; pass separate options as separate args.
(split-string switches)))
(split-string-and-unquote switches)))
;; Avoid lossage if FILE starts with `-'.
'("--")
(progn