From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: Emacs 21.1 magic filename quoting Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:42:07 GMT Organization: Global Online Japan // Exodus Communications KK. Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87g022ggz4.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> References: <20020410183606.C9045@nerafo.glue.umd.edu> <20020411122929.A15350@nerafo.glue.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1018554322 6373 127.0.0.1 (11 Apr 2002 19:45:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:45:22 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16vkVW-0001eg-00 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 21:45:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16vkVU-0005o6-00; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 15:45:20 -0400 Original-Received: from sjc3-1.relay.mail.uu.net ([199.171.54.122]) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16vkTf-0005Re-00 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 15:43:28 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp02.fields.gol.com by sjc3sosrv11.alter.net with ESMTP (peer crosschecked as: smtp02.fields.gol.com [203.216.5.132]) id QQmkdy23574 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:42:47 GMT Original-Received: from nnrp.gol.com ([203.216.7.70]) by smtp02.fields.gol.com with esmtp (Magnetic Fields) id 16vkSQ-0000rh-00 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 04:42:10 +0900 Original-Received: by nnrp.gol.com (8.10.0.Beta6/8.9.1/891-NEWS-P) id g3BJg8609024; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 04:42:08 +0900 (JST) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Original-Lines: 14 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.216.25.132 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@gol.com Original-X-Trace: nnrp.gol.com 1018554127 203.216.25.132 (Fri, 12 Apr 2002 04:42:07 JST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 04:42:07 JST X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:578 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:578 arensb@Glue.umd.edu (Andrew Arensburger) writes: > In particular, Elisp strings may contain \0, which is IMO > unlikely to appear in any filename (and cannot appear in a Unix > filename). Would it be possible to use "/\0" for quoting? The `/:' is intended to be not just an internal way of quoting filenames, but a user-convention as well -- e.g., as you already noticed, it can be used to prevent emacs from expanding wildcards. This means that it is mentioned in documentation, etc. -Miles -- 80% of success is just showing up. --Woody Allen