From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs Modular Configuration: the preferable way. Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:09:40 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87pmwgdiyj.fsf@zoho.eu> <83y2b3tq07.fsf@gnu.org> <871r8vcrnm.fsf@posteo.net> <20210621141148.GA29347@tuxteam.de> <87zgvjcgh6.fsf@zoho.eu> <83o8bzum71.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="33049"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.7+183 (3d24855) (2021-05-28) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 21 23:12:14 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lvRDJ-0008NQ-Gu for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 21 Jun 2021 23:12:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41048 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lvRDI-0007EE-HU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:12:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53018) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lvRCg-0007Cd-8x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:11:34 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:53819) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lvRCe-0000Gf-NC; Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:11:34 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.157.0.61]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 0000000000076061.0000000060D10083.00000E00; Mon, 21 Jun 2021 14:11:30 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: Eli Zaretskii , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <83o8bzum71.fsf@gnu.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -3 X-Spam_score: -0.4 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (-0.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB=1.5, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:131161 Archived-At: * Eli Zaretskii [2021-06-21 21:07]: > > Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:47:17 +0200 > > From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor > > > > If it is string to begin with and the end result is a string > > one should be able to use string functions to "assemble" it. > > Repeat after me: "filenames are not strings", "filenames are not > strings", "filenames... > > Bonus points for coming up with at least one use case which shows how > filenames are not just strings. As an irrelevant side note, this one bothers me: (file-exists-p "") ⇒ t Is that supposed to be so?