From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?=C5=A0t=C4=9Bp=C3=A1n_?= =?UTF-8?Q?N=C4=9Bmec?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9274: 24.0.50; doc string of `normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path' Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:57:25 +0200 Message-ID: <87vcu59jsa.fsf@gmail.com> References: <0813B49C7EAA4AD484E4DF3043F59003@us.oracle.com> <8491EA0175394F3E9696DB721F377469@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1313002988 4227 80.91.229.12 (10 Aug 2011 19:03:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:03:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Andreas Schwab' , 9274@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 10 21:03:03 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QrE3Q-00005h-Pq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:03:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45462 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QrE3P-0000RD-NG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:02:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:56425) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QrE3J-0000QV-3V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:02:57 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QrE3E-0006cP-Nt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:02:52 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52962) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QrE3E-0006cL-JB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:02:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QrE4Q-0003PZ-9z; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:04:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: =?UTF-8?Q?=C5=A0t=C4=9Bp=C3=A1n_?= =?UTF-8?Q?N=C4=9Bmec?= Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:04:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9274 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9274-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9274.131300301613076 (code B ref 9274); Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:04:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9274) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Aug 2011 19:03:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QrE3z-0003Oq-AX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:03:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-fx0-f44.google.com ([209.85.161.44]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QrE3w-0003Oj-UA for 9274@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:03:34 -0400 Original-Received: by fxe6 with SMTP id 6so1176261fxe.3 for <9274@debbugs.gnu.org>; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:02:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date :message-id:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=bYYXsknDYPBRPFMuIW1BY3kC+H/fwkTuAHPf514bdSM=; b=leF9MZeOxEAetGq9f4m5Ely1kVFom3qdtvmVnyeQFd5B0HpLECsmfkfCnHlqL07OI1 4fHrxOopSEmV4QtnMWmUZEVP9e3i3QbE1xmxCtZ9lnCcmek/yMB7CBUZMPANqfpq9nzM AXSlFml6A6jix8z1+FZXsuXTdQe2HyC+n+Jwk= Original-Received: by 10.223.149.199 with SMTP id u7mr4514653fav.129.1313002937026; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:02:17 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from localhost (176.119.broadband10.iol.cz [90.177.119.176]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h2sm226681fai.1.2011.08.10.12.02.14 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:02:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8491EA0175394F3E9696DB721F377469@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:34:46 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:04:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:49993 Archived-At: On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:34:46 +0200 Drew Adams wrote: > Anyway, this discussion is peripheral to this bug. The name is monstrous= , but > it is unlikely that it will ever be changed... Why is that unlikely? What's wrong with adding a more sensible alias, optionally declaring the old name obsolete? Standard procedure, it's done every now and then. The question is whether the maintainers acknowledge the problem or not -- I for one don't use the function even though I've known about it for some time, but I know people who do use it, and the docstring suggests general usefulness. One more argument for "it's a lousy name". --=20 =C5=A0t=C4=9Bp=C3=A1n