Re: control character file names

2008-12-15 Thread Noah
Sorry for being to briefly. 1. The Midnight Commander is a curses based file manager that might be a workaround for the problem you can't solve using Emacs at the moment. It can be installed via ports or (more simple) from packages using "pkg_add -r mc". The command to run it is "mc". 2. P

Re: control character file names

2008-12-15 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:14:32 -0800, Noah wrote: > Polytropon wrote: > > On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:59:02 -0800, Noah wrote: > >> I am > >> unable to rename a directory that has nine '?'. > > > > Maybe Midnight Commander - PF6: Rename - will do the job? > > (Workaround) > > > > > > okay I dont qu

Re: Renaming files with strange characters in dired-mode [was: Re: control character file names]

2008-12-15 Thread Noah
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:59:02 -0800, Noah wrote: If you have customized `dired-listing-switches' try reverting it to a simpler set of options, like: (setq-default dired-listing-switches "-lFa") The -b and -B options tend to confuse dired about what the *real* filen

Re: control character file names

2008-12-15 Thread Noah
Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:59:02 -0800, Noah wrote: I am unable to rename a directory that has nine '?'. Maybe Midnight Commander - PF6: Rename - will do the job? (Workaround) okay I dont quite understand. what is midnight commander - PF6: Rename? Cheers, Noah __

Re: control character file names

2008-12-15 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:59:02 -0800, Noah wrote: > I am > unable to rename a directory that has nine '?'. Maybe Midnight Commander - PF6: Rename - will do the job? (Workaround) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...

Renaming files with strange characters in dired-mode [was: Re: control character file names]

2008-12-15 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:59:02 -0800, Noah wrote: >> If you have customized `dired-listing-switches' try reverting it to a >> simpler set of options, like: >> >> (setq-default dired-listing-switches "-lFa") >> >> The -b and -B options tend to confuse dired about what the *real* >> filename is, a

Re: control character file names

2008-12-15 Thread Noah
Hi there, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:52:01 -0800, Noah wrote: * Use a file manager. I often use `dired-mode' inside an Emacs session to move around, copy, re-organize, rename or delete files. Any file manager that can display several character sets

Re: control character file names

2008-12-15 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:52:01 -0800, Noah wrote: >> >> * Use a file manager. >> >> I often use `dired-mode' inside an Emacs session to move around, >> copy, re-organize, rename or delete files. Any file manager that >> can display several character sets at once will do fine :

Re: control character file names

2008-12-14 Thread Noah
* Use a file manager. I often use `dired-mode' inside an Emacs session to move around, copy, re-organize, rename or delete files. Any file manager that can display several character sets at once will do fine :) Hey there Giorgos, I'd love to use emacs but I go into '

Re: control character file names

2008-12-14 Thread Bill Campbell
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008, Noah wrote: > Hi there, > > there is a blank directory that I cant seem to view. I believe the > directory is a '^M'. can somebody please explain how I can see > filenames and directories containing control characters. Also how do I > rename the directory with 'mv'?

Re: control character file names

2008-12-14 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:21:22 -0800, Noah wrote: > Hi there, > > there is a blank directory that I cant seem to view. I believe the > directory is a '^M'. can somebody please explain how I can see > filenames and directories containing control characters. Also how do > I rename the directory wit