From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Ryde Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3911: get-free-disk-space when default-directory doesn't exist Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:43:32 +1000 Message-ID: <87zl9vxywr.fsf@blah.blah> References: <871vnclhoz.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <87bpme9dhv.fsf@blah.blah> <87my5yexy4.fsf@stupidchicken.com> Reply-To: Kevin Ryde , 3911@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1250801331 5858 80.91.229.12 (20 Aug 2009 20:48:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:48:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 3911@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 20 22:48:41 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MeEYq-0002tb-JJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:48:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58706 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MeEYq-0003O6-53 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:48:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MeEYJ-0002bz-Mi for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:48:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MeEYE-0002RN-KJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:48:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55038 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MeEYE-0002R0-57 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:48:02 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:57728) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MeEYD-0004gC-5M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:48:01 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n7KKkpnS019227; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:47:59 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n7KKawju017368; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:36:58 -0700 Resent-Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:36:58 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Kevin Ryde Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:36:58 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3911 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 3911-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B3911.125071823128209 (code B ref 3911); Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:36:58 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3911) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 19 Aug 2009 21:43:51 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from mailout2.pacific.net.au (mailout2-10.pacific.net.au [125.255.80.137]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n7JLhntS028206 for <3911@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:43:51 -0700 Original-Received: from mailproxy1.pacific.net.au (mailproxy1.pacific.net.au [61.8.2.162]) by mailout2.pacific.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95F5F183F00; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:43:48 +1000 (EST) Original-Received: from blah.blah (ppp27D5.dyn.pacific.net.au [61.8.39.213]) by mailproxy1.pacific.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id E49BB8C1C; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:43:47 +1000 (EST) Original-Received: from gg by blah.blah with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MdswO-0001WF-Ah; Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:43:32 +1000 User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/22.3 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:48:06 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:30338 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > > But that applies to DIR, not default-directory. Oops, I confused myself thinking the given dir could be used there. > Principle of least surprise. If we don't have to change the default > directory, let's not, Err, well, I think the unhappy surprise may be if an operation about one directory depends on what's happening in another directory ...