From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: file-name-directory vs file-name-as-directory / directory-file-name Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:30:57 +0100 Message-ID: <475D77D1.9070806@gmail.com> References: <475C756C.5050105@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1197307881 28361 80.91.229.12 (10 Dec 2007 17:31:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:31:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 10 18:31:31 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J1mTa-0004Qs-8K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:31:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J1mTI-0006ng-I3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:31:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J1mTF-0006nR-7T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:31:09 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J1mTC-0006nF-Sk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:31:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J1mTC-0006nC-Ne for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:31:06 -0500 Original-Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net ([80.76.149.213]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J1mT8-0000qK-Nh; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:31:03 -0500 Original-Received: from c83-254-148-228.bredband.comhem.se ([83.254.148.228]:64239 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J1mT6-0006bc-8U; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:31:00 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071031 Thunderbird/2.0.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 071209-0, 2007-12-09), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Originating-IP: 83.254.148.228 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1J1mT6-0006bc-8U. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1J1mT6-0006bc-8U 303efaf83bdebc3384b66266ecb5cdfb X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:84966 Archived-At: Richard Stallman wrote: > To me it is a little bit unclear if file-name-directory returns a string > which is consistent with file-name-as-directory or directory-file name. > > Could the doc string of file-name-directory tell this, please? > > I will make it say "returns a directory name", which ought to make > it clear (when read with the manual). Thanks.