From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: 33255@debbugs.gnu.org, eggert@cs.ucla.edu, immerrr@gmail.com,
npostavs@gmail.com
Subject: bug#33255: 27.0.50; expand-file-name: default directory expanded twice if relative
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 21:26:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83d0qzim8n.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <crin0rmunv.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from Glenn Morris on Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:11:00 -0500)
> From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>, 33255@debbugs.gnu.org, immerrr@gmail.com, npostavs@gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:11:00 -0500
>
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> > I agree that we should discourage relative $HOME, so I added text to
> > the documentation to that effect.
>
> I really think it would be better not to mention it at all.
Sorry, I disagree. We should not hide from the users what Emacs does
in such corner cases. Hiding won't work anyway, because someone
determined enough will find out by reading the code. We just punish
those who aren't determined enough.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-11-20 19:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-04 10:54 bug#33255: 27.0.50; expand-file-name: default directory expanded twice if relative immerrr again
2018-11-04 12:27 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-11-05 0:58 ` Glenn Morris
2018-11-13 18:26 ` Paul Eggert
2018-11-13 20:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-11-14 18:10 ` Glenn Morris
2018-11-14 18:17 ` Paul Eggert
2018-11-14 19:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-11-20 19:11 ` Glenn Morris
2018-11-20 19:26 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2018-11-20 19:08 ` Glenn Morris
2018-11-20 20:44 ` Paul Eggert
2018-11-22 18:25 ` Glenn Morris
2018-11-23 20:22 ` Paul Eggert
2018-11-27 5:42 ` Glenn Morris
2018-11-27 18:11 ` Paul Eggert
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