From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: convert-standard-filename documentation is insufficient Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 16:02:11 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200411082202.iA8M2Bu11336@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1099951396 4663 80.91.229.6 (8 Nov 2004 22:03:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 22:03:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 08 23:03:10 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CRHbR-0002gS-00 for ; Mon, 08 Nov 2004 23:03:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CRHjo-0005aL-Hr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Nov 2004 17:11:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CRHjl-0005Yu-76 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Nov 2004 17:11:45 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CRHjk-0005YQ-Km for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Nov 2004 17:11:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CRHjk-0005YN-HU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Nov 2004 17:11:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CRHb3-0007G7-79; Mon, 08 Nov 2004 17:02:45 -0500 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iA8M2iFu024962; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 16:02:44 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id iA8M2Bu11336; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 16:02:11 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu In-reply-to: message from Luc Teirlinck on 8 Nov 2004 15:58:22 -0600 Original-References: X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:9633 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:9633 Sorry, I forgot to put `Info node' in front of the link: "Convert a standard file's name to something suitable for the OS. This means to guarantee valid names and perhaps to canonicalize certain patterns. This function's standard definition is trivial; it just returns the argument. However, on Windows and DOS, replace invalid characters. On DOS, make sure to obey the 8.3 limitations. On Windows, turn Cygwin names into native names, and also turn slashes into backslashes if the shell requires it (see `w32-shell-dos-semantics' See Info node `(elisp)Standard File Names' for more details." Sincerely, Luc.