From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11640: 24.1.50; texinfo-format-printindex fails on Windows with Windows's sort Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:23:46 +0300 Message-ID: <831ulrw0od.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20120606165632.760632C803A@msa105.auone-net.jp> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1339086248 24746 80.91.229.3 (7 Jun 2012 16:24:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 16:24:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kzhr@d1.dion.ne.jp, 11640@debbugs.gnu.org, schwab@linux-m68k.org To: Juanma Barranquero , Stefan Monnier , Chong Yidong Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 07 18:24:05 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ScfV3-0005gH-Vw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:23:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34924 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ScfV3-0000rd-PL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:23:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59370) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ScfV1-0000r9-2Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:23:52 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ScfUy-0007Co-CV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:23:50 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52418) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ScfUy-0007Ck-9j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:23:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1ScfX8-00047z-J5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:26:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:26:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11640 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11640-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11640.133908635515842 (code B ref 11640); Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:26:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11640) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Jun 2012 16:25:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33729 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1ScfX1-00047T-FI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:25:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:45166) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1ScfWz-00047E-LV for 11640@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:25:54 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0M59000009I3I200@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 11640@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:23:32 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.210.75]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0M59000HV9J69660@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:23:31 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:60767 Archived-At: > From: Juanma Barranquero > Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 13:49:58 +0200 > Cc: Kazuhiro Ito , 11640@debbugs.gnu.org > > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote: > > > Wouldn't it make sense to use it everywhere? > > I don't know. That code was removed in revno:89810, and was only used > for MS-DOS, Windows and VMS. I agree with Andreas: if we have a built-in functionality, using it is better than relying on an external program. > I don't know the rationale for using the system sort on other > OSes. Performance, perhaps? How about tradition? ;-) Seriously, I find it hard to believe that performance matters in this case, especially since texinfmt.el is no longer the main recommended way of producing Info from Texinfo, which is why it doesn't get updated with the latest features of the Texinfo language. Stefan, Chong, any objections to sorting the indices in Lisp in this case?