From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: file-name-shadow-mode Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:42:22 -0500 Message-ID: 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> <87is3lw2yk.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1111733920 25854 80.91.229.2 (25 Mar 2005 06:58:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:58:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: miles@gnu.org, snogglethorpe@gmail.com, teirllm@dms.auburn.edu, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 25 07:58:39 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DEimC-0000lP-RC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 07:58:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DEj1d-0002uq-PD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 02:14:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DEivs-0008QR-8A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 02:08:36 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DEivq-0008Om-4N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 02:08:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DEivp-0008Dh-Lt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 02:08:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DEiWV-00071p-3g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:42:23 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1DEiWU-0003my-Hi; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:42:22 -0500 Original-To: David Kastrup In-reply-to: (message from David Kastrup on Thu, 24 Mar 2005 01:04:08 +0100) 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:35135 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:35135 But actually, I think my proposal about a C level interface into substitute-in-file-name would be most efficient, robust and unproblematic in the long run, and possibly useful for other applications as well. I don't want to do this, because it puts too much complexity in a place where it could cause trouble. I'd rather just stay away from it. To duplicate just the parsing aspect of substitute-in-file-name for this one purpose would be better.