From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: File modes facilities. Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:21:45 -0400 Message-ID: <87oe5jmu9j.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <87hdbdxo94.fsf@mahaena.lrde> <87d5m1qm8w.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <877jc92o37.fsf@mahaena.lrde> <17238.50816.352274.312799@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87u0fd9let.fsf@mahaena.lrde> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1129865050 15164 80.91.229.2 (21 Oct 2005 03:24:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:24:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , Michael Cadilhac , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 21 05:23:38 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ESnTq-0002EM-77 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Oct 2005 05:22:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ESnTp-0006Cm-N5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:22:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ESnTY-00068f-AG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:21:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ESnTX-00068K-PR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:21:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ESnTX-00068H-I2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:21:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.54] (helo=tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ESnTW-0001hS-Qb; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:21:47 -0400 Original-Received: from alfajor ([70.48.83.21]) by tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20051021032145.HTDS26102.tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:21:45 -0400 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 39012D72C1; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:21:45 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) In-Reply-To: (Kim F. Storm's message of "Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:16:01 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:44473 Archived-At: >> but providing `chmod' (or making set-file-modes into a command) is >> a good idea. > set-file-modes is a nice simple function in C. > IMHO, a more advanced chmod command should be implemented in Lisp. Agreed. I actually firmly believe that we should be able to provide elisp code for the interactive spec of a C function. This would also allow us to get rid of the load vs load-file distinction and to improve various other commands implemented in C where the minibuffer query only provides a fairly dull default. Stefan