Re: Sorting of directories in dired

[Bill Wohler]

Edward O'Connor <address@hidden> writes:

>>> Thanks! Should not this be the default on w32?
>>
>> I suppose it would make sense, yes.
>
> Here's one vote for leaving the default as it is. I love how Emacs
> is a consistent environment across the various operating systems it
> runs on, and would much prefer it for the default Dired behavior to
> continue to be the same across all supported systems.

I used to think that too, but it's been my experience (as a UI
programmer) that users really want their OS's look and feel. So, I've
switched my viewpoint to prefer platform-specific look and feels
rather than cross-platform look and feels.

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