From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: file-truename, convert-standard-filename Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:45:19 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1265399135 18774 80.91.229.12 (5 Feb 2010 19:45:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:45:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 05 20:45:32 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NdU7P-0005BG-U2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:45:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46796 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NdU7P-0003Cr-CL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:45:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NdU7J-0003CU-VH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:45:26 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40385 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NdU7J-0003CM-If for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:45:25 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NdU7I-0005dS-Eh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:45:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:54739) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NdU7H-0005cS-RF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:45:24 -0500 Original-Received: from mail01.m-online.net (mail.m-online.net [192.168.3.149]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B1671C1557B; Fri, 5 Feb 2010 20:45:21 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan2.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.166]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64BA2901B5; Fri, 5 Feb 2010 20:45:21 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.3.149]) by localhost (dynscan2.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.166]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pZNequtTH0hh; Fri, 5 Feb 2010 20:45:20 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from igel.home (DSL01.83.171.186.147.ip-pool.NEFkom.net [83.171.186.147]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Fri, 5 Feb 2010 20:45:20 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 05F76CA297; Fri, 5 Feb 2010 20:45:19 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: GOOD-NIGHT, everybody.. Now I have to go administer FIRST-AID to my pet LEISURE SUIT!! In-Reply-To: (Lennart Borgman's message of "Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:33:57 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:120955 Archived-At: Lennart Borgman writes: > No, that must be a misunderstanding. The file name used internally in > Emacs is not the file name used by the OS. convert-standard-file-name > translates from Emacs file name syntax to OS dito. That's not true. You use convert-standard-filename for names like ".emacs" or ".dir-locals.el" which cannot exist on DOS-like filesystems. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."