* bug#8538: 24.0.50; please index node `Coding Conventions' wrt file-name length
@ 2011-04-22 19:46 Drew Adams
2011-05-28 19:07 ` Chong Yidong
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2011-04-22 19:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 8538
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.
In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
of 2011-04-18 on 3249CTO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.5) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/imagesupport/include'
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* bug#8538: 24.0.50; please index node `Coding Conventions' wrt file-name length
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
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Chong Yidong @ 2011-05-28 19:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Drew Adams; +Cc: 8538
"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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