From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Adding M-x iwconfig to net-utils.el Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:27:09 +0900 Message-ID: References: <87lk5wkh1c.fsf@rabkins.net> <87hcgkjcy9.fsf@rabkins.net> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202444876 27768 80.91.229.12 (8 Feb 2008 04:27:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 04:27:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Yoni Rabkin Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 08 05:28:18 2008 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 1JNKqS-0002jk-NN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:28:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JNKq0-00010o-0X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:27:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNKpv-00010S-P3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:27:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JNKpr-0000zg-AX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:27:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JNKpr-0000zd-4P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:27:35 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JNKpn-0007iQ-4I; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:27:31 -0500 Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.46]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m184RAAD004961; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 13:27:10 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.24] [10.29.19.24]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 13:27:10 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.112.215] [10.114.112.215]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 13:27:10 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 4183943C; Fri, 8 Feb 2008 13:27:10 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <87hcgkjcy9.fsf@rabkins.net> (Yoni Rabkin's message of "Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:21:02 +0200") Original-Lines: 18 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:88497 Archived-At: Yoni Rabkin writes: >> BTW, why does net-utils.el constantly refer to it as "ipconfig", when >> clearly it's running "ifconfig"? Every system I've ever used has called >> it "ifconfig", so it seems very weird... > > It must be a Microsoft Windows thing, since the net-utils.el code says: > > (defcustom ipconfig-program > (if (eq system-type 'windows-nt) > "ipconfig" > "ifconfig") Yuck... Emacs shouldn't be using windows-influenced names, I think. -Miles -- Philosophy, n. A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.