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From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: New .texi file
Date: 14 Jun 2004 09:39:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3hdtetwoz.fsf@kfs-l.imdomain.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200406140306.i5E36KQ29367@raven.dms.auburn.edu>

Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@dms.auburn.edu> writes:

> Kim F. Storm wrote:
> 
>    > ===File ~/emacs-x.texi======================================
> 
> 
>    Very nice, except for the name -- 
>    IMO, it can easily be confused with xemacs or emacs on X.
> 
>    emacs-xtra.texi would be better.
> 
> Those are 15 characters.  I do not know whether we still care about
> the 14 character limit.  

We don't.  The only limit we care about is that 8.3 limit on MS-DOG doesn't
cause duplicate file names.

Since emacs-xt.tex is still unique in that context, it is ok.

>                          Certain existing files seem to violate it.
> ("maintaining.texi" has 16 and that is just one example from several).
> 
> What about emacs-+.texi?

I dislike it even more...  

emacs-xtra.texi or emacs-extra.texi will do fine!


-- 
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk

  reply	other threads:[~2004-06-14  7:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-13  1:18 New .texi file Luc Teirlinck
2004-06-13 11:47 ` Kai Grossjohann
2004-06-13 16:28 ` Juri Linkov
2004-06-16  2:56   ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-06-13 22:21 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-06-14  3:06   ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-06-14  7:39     ` Kim F. Storm [this message]
2004-06-14 19:44       ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-06-14 19:52     ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-06-15 18:13     ` Richard Stallman

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