On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Halim Issa <[email protected]> wrote: > Would it be an idea to include this in a new experimental release with a > ./configure option to revert back to the old behaviour?
I'd certainly consider it. I would seek, though, to avoid changing the same aspect twice in the default behaviour, so if we're going to change the escaping rules for -ls, I'd prefer to move things in the direction of greater consistency. On another mailing list (bug-gnulib, I think) there has recently been discussion about how to bring consistency in the escaping of filenames in error messages. While find's erorr messages _are_ consistently escaped, it might make sense to wait for a conclusion to that discussion, in case some kind of grand unified character escaping scheme emerges having applicability to thins other than error messages too (if I recall correctly, URL %-escapes are a front runner). Thanks, James.
