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#9274: 24.0.50; doc string of `normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path' Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:37:54 -0700 Message-ID: References: <0813B49C7EAA4AD484E4DF3043F59003@us.oracle.com><8491EA0175394F3E9696DB721F377469@us.oracle.com> <87vcu59jsa.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1313012349 29121 80.91.229.12 (10 Aug 2011 21:39:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:39:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Andreas Schwab' , 9274@debbugs.gnu.org To: "=?UTF-8?Q?'=C5=A0tep=C3=A1n?= Nemec'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 10 23:39:04 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 1QrGUL-00069V-T1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:38:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50873 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QrGUK-0002Hp-SU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:38:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:48577) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QrGUF-0002Hb-Hx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:38:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QrGUB-0004mu-HR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:38:51 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54613) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QrGUB-0004mq-Fy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:38:47 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QrGVO-0007wh-DK; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:40:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" 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 21:40:02 +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=B9274.131301236330493 (code B ref 9274); Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:40:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9274) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Aug 2011 21:39:23 +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 1QrGUl-0007vm-2f for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:39:23 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com ([141.146.126.227]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QrGUj-0007ve-GX for 9274@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:39:22 -0400 Original-Received: from rtcsinet22.oracle.com (rtcsinet22.oracle.com [66.248.204.30]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.4/Switch-3.4.4) with ESMTP id p7ALc2lP005572 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:38:04 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt357.oracle.com (acsmt357.oracle.com [141.146.40.157]) by rtcsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p7ALc0Iu006662 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:38:01 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt108.oracle.com (abhmt108.oracle.com [141.146.116.60]) by acsmt357.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p7ALbtuT032719; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:37:55 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:37:54 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <87vcu59jsa.fsf@gmail.com> Thread-Index: AcxXkAsZgcQ6Sz2IQMKmOIcWZDFiCQAFJ6Zw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6109 X-Source-IP: rtcsinet22.oracle.com [66.248.204.30] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A020205.4E42FA3C.0092,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:40:02 -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:49999 Archived-At: > > 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? I can't really speak to whether it is unlikely or why it would be - I misspoke. I should have said that my _guess_ is that it is unlikely. And that guess is not based on any good reason I know of why it should not be changed. On the contrary... > What's wrong with adding a more sensible alias, > optionally declaring the old name obsolete? > Standard procedure, it's done every now and then. Sounds good to me. And yes, it is. > 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". Same here - on all accounts: Yes, that is the question. I haven't used it. But I see it called out in recommendations here and there (e.g. the wiki) to users.