From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: file-name-shadow-mode Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:30:07 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200503201730.j2KHU7Z05536@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <200503180435.j2I4Z2R18621@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87is3p5zp2.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <200503191521.j2JFL8901509@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87r7ibziw6.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <200503200230.j2K2UvS03067@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1111340050 6303 80.91.229.2 (20 Mar 2005 17:34:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 17:34:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: miles@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 20 18:34:08 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DD4JN-0005IH-RU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:34:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DD4aJ-0002d5-Lq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:51:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DD4Xd-0001iN-Aa for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:48:45 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DD4XZ-0001gv-NN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:48:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DD4XX-0001eS-1k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:48:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DD4GB-0001Fk-T5; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:30:44 -0500 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j2KHUg9N024874; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:30:42 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j2KHU7Z05536; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:30:07 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: snogglethorpe@gmail.com, miles@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from Miles Bader on Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:33:13 +0900) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:34828 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:34828 Miles Bader wrote: A flaw whose only effect is to make the prompt slightly less clear that it could be? A flaw that might give people the false impression that `$' after / has the same effect as / or ~ after /. I expect that the traditional "double slash" behavior of Emacs filename input -- which is what rfn-eshadow fixes -- confuses far, _far_, more people. I do not understand. It confuses people who want to use empty file or directory names? I doudt that is going to work anyway. Sincerely, Luc.