From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: file-name-shadow-mode Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:45:15 +0100 Message-ID: References: <200503180435.j2I4Z2R18621@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87is3p5zp2.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <200503191521.j2JFL8901509@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87r7ibziw6.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <200503200230.j2K2UvS03067@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87is3lw2yk.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1111741032 7670 80.91.229.2 (25 Mar 2005 08:57:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:57:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: miles@gnu.org, snogglethorpe@gmail.com, teirllm@dms.auburn.edu, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 25 09:57:11 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DEkct-0004A9-Hs for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:57:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DEksK-0001Wp-TO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 04:13:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DEko2-0000wt-VJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 04:08:40 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DEkny-0000uR-0C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 04:08:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DEknw-0000hn-Mz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 04:08:32 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DEkRX-00088v-WB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 03:45:24 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DEkRR-0006L6-9u; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 03:45:17 -0500 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:42:22 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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 X-MailScanner-To: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:35139 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:35139 Richard Stallman writes: > But actually, I think my proposal about a C level interface into > substitute-in-file-name would be most efficient, robust and > unproblematic in the long run, and possibly useful for other > applications as well. > > I don't want to do this, because it puts too much complexity in a > place where it could cause trouble. I'd rather just stay away from > it. > > To duplicate just the parsing aspect of substitute-in-file-name > for this one purpose would be better. My opinion about that differs; but if I find time arguing that point, I'll do it with a patch. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum