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: read-file-name-predicate Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:39:47 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1173278440 301 80.91.229.12 (7 Mar 2007 14:40:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:40:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 07 15:40:25 2007 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 1HOxJQ-0003wn-4P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:40:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HOxJW-0000pV-2e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:40:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HOxJB-0000m2-Ig for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:40:01 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HOxJ9-0000l1-Hp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:40:00 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HOxJ9-0000kw-90 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:39:59 -0500 Original-Received: from tomts5.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.25] helo=tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HOxJ2-0004Nj-BO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:39:52 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([74.12.206.221]) by tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070307143947.YLMM1671.tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home> for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:39:47 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7A08B82E1; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:39:47 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Tue\, 6 Mar 2007 22\:00\:13 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: 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:67504 Archived-At: > IOW, it seems like this variable is currently half way between being > internal and external. The doc suggests that it is internal, but the code > shows that you can examine it and change it from Lisp. Being visible from Lisp doesn't mean it's external. Lots of elisp packages have internal variables as well. Stefan