From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 8538@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8538: 24.0.50; please index node `Coding Conventions' wrt file-name length
Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 15:07:44 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sjryprsv.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4EB6E3A5778449C19783E15AFBF59150@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:46:21 -0700")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> Someone asked me the conventional limit on library file names. I
> thought it was 14 but wanted to be sure. I tried using the index in
> the Elisp manual, but it was no help (AFAICT). I ended up searching
> the manual for "14" since I recalled that, and I eventually found it.
>
> Please add some index entries to enable users to more easily locate
> this convention. Thx.
Actually, I removed this entry entirely. IIUC, it's for the benefit of
AT&T Unix systems that limited filenames to 14 characters or less. It's
unlikely that Emacs runs on such relics anymore.
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2011-04-22 19:46 bug#8538: 24.0.50; please index node `Coding Conventions' wrt file-name length Drew Adams
2011-05-28 19:07 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
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