Icons in dired in Emacs (on Mac or Linux)

Question

I'd like to have dired show a little icon next to each file, similar to what you'd see in "list" or "details" view on a graphical file browser. Someone posted a similar question but the only answer was for Windows only; I want to be able to do this on Linux or Mac.

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure the sad answer is "no, unless you do some extensive hacking of the dired-mode source code".

Answer 2

I think "bignose" is right, you would not be able to do that easily. But check out Dired+. It can colorize files by type so you can get some visual feedback on your dired buffer.