Re: symbolic links don't show up special in the *Completions* buffer

[Kevin Rodgers]

Dan Jacobson wrote:

> That symbolic links don't show up special in the *Completions* buffer
> is a shame
> $ mkdir real; ln -s . oo
> $ emacs
> C-x d TAB TAB
> oo/ real/

Do you want something like `ls -F` would display (oo/@)?  I think that would
be difficult to implement, since the completion text would not be a valid file
name.  But there is an alternative; see

From: Kevin Rodgers <kevinr@ihs.com>
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
Subject: Re: Coloring directories on completion?
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 13:15:06 -0600
Message-ID: <3B2518BA.F9AA5F09@ihs.com>

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