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: executable-find in files.el Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 20:21:42 -0400 Message-ID: References: <01c55657$Blat.v2.4$7979dc20@zahav.net.il> <87fywt6128.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <87ekc9lurh.fsf@gmx.de> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1116117811 32214 80.91.229.2 (15 May 2005 00:43:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 00:43:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eliz@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 15 02:43:29 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DX7E6-0002Mw-9h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 May 2005 02:43:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DX79w-0006Q8-Jl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 May 2005 20:39:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DX759-0004zU-Bh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 May 2005 20:34:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DX74y-0004tq-Hb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 May 2005 20:34:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DX749-0004N6-C3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 May 2005 20:33:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DX70P-0005Eh-IV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 May 2005 20:29:17 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1DX6t4-0006kS-VC; Sat, 14 May 2005 20:21:43 -0400 Original-To: Michael Albinus In-reply-to: <87ekc9lurh.fsf@gmx.de> (message from Michael Albinus on Sat, 14 May 2005 16:58:10 +0200) 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:37153 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:37153 I am having trouble understanding your message. I agree with Stefan that, as long as `file-executable-p' returns meaningful values for remote files, there must be a meaning for `exec-path', `executable-find' and `start-process' as well in the remote case. I can't translate the second half of that sentence into a concrete meaning. What concrete cases are you talking about? For `call-process' this has been done already, What is "this"? although I don't understand why a new function (`process-file') was needed. process-file looks for a file handler. It would be incorrect for call-process to do that; it is NOT meant as an operation on a file.