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bug#36085: 26.2; find-dired octal escapes instead of Cyrillic text


From: Mattias Engdegård
Subject: bug#36085: 26.2; find-dired octal escapes instead of Cyrillic text
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2019 17:14:11 +0200

Eli wrote:

> P.S. Emacs could perhaps go above and beyond the call of duty, and attempt to 
> convert the octal escapes back to readable text. But I don't think we should 
> do it, as it's a clear bug in 'find'. Nonetheless, if someone wants to submit 
> patches to do such a conversion, I won't block them. 

The default (BSD) find in macOS does not seem to escape anything; files named 
Портрет or APL\360 are printed exactly that way. Thus, Emacs would need to know 
what 'find' it is running. This appears to validate your recommendation.






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