bug#26991: New quoting takes up unnecessary space

[Assaf Gordon]

Hello,

On 2017-05-19 6:37 p.m., L A Walsh wrote:
> Pádraig Brady wrote:
> > On 19/05/17 07:48, L A Walsh wrote:
> > > The new format uses extra spacing on columns where it isn't needed --
> > > but the extra space isn't enough to handle the 1 file that was quoted
> > > (needs 5 extra columns).  Where does it get '3' (and why doesn't it use
> > > 2?)?


We created a summary of common issues and FAQs
regarding the quoting change in ls(1):
  https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/quotes.html

If there is an issue that is not addressed there,
please send an email to address@hidden .

regards,
 - assaf