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#18318: 24.4.50; doc of `file-readable-p' Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 19:24:48 +0300 Message-ID: <83pot7njxr.fsf@gnu.org> References: <630013e6-ced6-4849-90a4-2766b73bdf2f@default> <87bn4rrzb3.fsf@gnus.org> <1e419547-674b-4a83-aff5-8ed9437894ef@default> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1462033599 1976 80.91.229.3 (30 Apr 2016 16:26:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 16:26:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 18318@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 30 18:26:29 2016 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 1awXiv-0000FV-3o for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:26:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58949 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awXir-0008DF-Ak for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:26:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42994) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awXij-00080R-3F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:26:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awXiX-0006qw-G9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:26:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:45761) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awXiX-0006pm-CM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:26:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awXiU-0003de-0n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:26:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 16:26:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18318 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 18318-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18318.146203351313931 (code B ref 18318); Sat, 30 Apr 2016 16:26:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18318) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Apr 2016 16:25:13 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58098 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awXhh-0003cd-J8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:25:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51692) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awXhf-0003cR-L2 for 18318@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:25:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awXhR-0006PG-1E for 18318@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:25:03 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:60455) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awXhQ-0006OE-Te; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:24:56 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1871 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1awXhK-0000jY-Nn; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:24:51 -0400 In-reply-to: <1e419547-674b-4a83-aff5-8ed9437894ef@default> (message from Drew Adams on Sat, 30 Apr 2016 08:07:31 -0800 (GMT-08:00)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117376 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 08:07:31 -0800 (GMT-08:00) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: 18318@debbugs.gnu.org > > It is (I think) far more common for a file or directory name > (string) to be passed as an argument than it is for a FIFO, > device node, etc. to be passed. The directory case is common, > and the doc misleads. Why do you say it misleads? A directory is just a kind of file (the manual explains that, if the user doesn't already know). So I see nothing misleading here.