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commit ae04ddfb3a8527182a1f41762305059c308f0543
parent c12431446666cd09ceceb0d9fa9f1c73113b4d9c
Author: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 24 Aug 2025 21:39:00 +0200

Fix find*-dired with "unusual characters"

Port to use-package, which allows me to write a rantionale.

Diffstat:
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.config/emacs/custom.el
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1
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M
.config/emacs/init.el
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14
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2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/.config/emacs/custom.el b/.config/emacs/custom.el
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
  '(enable-recursive-minibuffers t)
  '(epg-pinentry-mode 'loopback)
  '(eshell-scroll-show-maximum-output nil)
- '(find-ls-option '("-exec ls -ld {} +" . "-ld"))
  '(font-use-system-font t)
  '(footnote-body-tag-spacing 1)
  '(footnote-section-tag "")
diff --git a/.config/emacs/init.el b/.config/emacs/init.el
@@ -852,6 +852,20 @@ UPSTREAMS is a list of fetch URLs."
   (my/setopt-update-list erc-modules '(log notifications stamp track) '(fill))
   (my/setopt-update-list erc-track-exclude-types '("JOIN" "PART" "QUIT")))
 
+(use-package find-dired
+  :custom
+  (find-ls-option
+   ;; The default value (-default-ls) relies on 'find -ls', which
+   ;; escapes non-ASCII chars.
+   ;; The suggested alternatives (-default-exec, -default-xargs)
+   ;; _display_ non-ASCII chars correctly, but ls quotes filenames
+   ;; that contain spaces: `dired-get-filename' fails to strip them,
+   ;; so they cannot be visited.
+   ;; So go for -default-exec, *plus* -N to disable quoting
+   ;; altogether.  That takes care of all the edge cases I tested
+   ;; (non-ASCII chars, spaces).
+   '("-exec ls -Nld {} +" . "-Nld")))
+
 (use-package forge
   ;; Auto-load after Magit, to ensure `f n' works.
   :after magit