From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4654: 23.1; Elisp manual doc of abbreviate-file-name Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 10:54:09 -0700 Message-ID: Reply-To: Drew Adams , 4654@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1254852455 27728 80.91.229.12 (6 Oct 2009 18:07:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:07:35 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 06 20:07:25 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 1MvERZ-0001Pb-EC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:07:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38963 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MvERY-0002g0-JP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:07:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MvERS-0002bU-Ho for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:07:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MvERN-0002SB-CP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:07:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57893 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MvERN-0002Rq-8O for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:07:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:46920) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MvERM-0000NS-Mw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:07:12 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MvERL-00045p-Au for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:07:11 -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 n96I78Kc013868; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:07:09 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n96I05RL011691; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:00:05 -0700 Resent-Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:00:05 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:00:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 4654 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.125485164210808 (code B ref -1); Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:00:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 6 Oct 2009 17:54:02 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n96Hs0aT010805 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 10:54:01 -0700 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MvEEa-00025E-78 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:54:00 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MvEEV-0001ug-9p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:53:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48319 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MvEEV-0001uK-5q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:53:55 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet12.oracle.com ([141.146.126.234]:25785) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MvEEU-0004Jo-JY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:53:54 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by acsinet12.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n96Hp57o023910 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:51:06 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt357.oracle.com (acsmt357.oracle.com [141.146.40.157]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n968ccxi014283 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:54:39 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt020.oracle.com by acsmt355.oracle.com with ESMTP id 20239367761254851628; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:53:48 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.169.34) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:53:48 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcpGrgFj3lL4ybh8TDu0xAfvOXYX+g== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Source-IP: acsmt357.oracle.com [141.146.40.157] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090208.4ACB842D.01C8:SCFMA4539814,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-detected-operating-system: by mx20.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Resent-Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:07:18 -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:31734 Archived-At: The doc string mentions this qualification, but the Elisp manual does not: " (unless the home directory is a root directory)". Please mention this in the manual also. Question: Why? What is the rationale for not substituting `~' when it is a root directory? If the reason is short to express, perhaps it should be included in the doc. Understanding the rationale helps one remember what the function does. In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2009-07-29 on SOFT-MJASON Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600 configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4)'