From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is it expected to have reserved "system.el"?
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2023 00:30:39 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y7SefyJ3eYQI1iz7@protected.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83k02427g7.fsf@gnu.org>
* Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2023-01-02 20:05]:
> > As you may see Emacs expects users to define function
> > `system-move-file-to-trash' and based on that, is there notion that
> > package named "system.el" is reserved for users on specific computer?
>
> No and no. What the above says is that if the function by that name
> is defined, it will be used. We have 2 platforms which define such a
> function: MS-Windows and macOS. On other platforms, we use our own
> Lisp code in move-file-to-trash. We don't _expect_ users to define
> such a function. And there's no claim here that no other function can
> be called system-SOMETHING.
Alright, I got it now. Surprising.
It should be part of docstring.
> > Is prefix `system-' maybe reserved from Emacs for every specific
> > system (computer)?
>
> No.
Thank you.
--
Jean
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-03 21:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-02 9:49 Is it expected to have reserved "system.el"? Jean Louis
2023-01-02 12:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-02 16:35 ` Jean Louis
2023-01-02 17:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-03 21:30 ` Jean Louis [this message]
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