DOS-style filename in emacs 21.1 mode-line

DOS-style filename in emacs 21.1 mode-line

[John Woodruff]

On one occasion only -- when I drag & drop a file onto the Icon of a
not-started emacs -- the file name is written in the mode-line in the
old DOS notation of all-caps with 8 chars.

Every other idiom for finding a file represents the name with full
charset.

I am running the manufactured emacs from emacs-21.1-fullbin-i386 on
windows 98.

Suggestion to resolve this very minor infelicity?

John

Re: DOS-style filename in emacs 21.1 mode-line

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: jpwoodruff@irisinternet.net (John Woodruff)
> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> Date: 23 Mar 2003 13:07:57 -0800
> 
> On one occasion only -- when I drag & drop a file onto the Icon of a
> not-started emacs -- the file name is written in the mode-line in the
> old DOS notation of all-caps with 8 chars.
> 
> Every other idiom for finding a file represents the name with full
> charset.
> 
> I am running the manufactured emacs from emacs-21.1-fullbin-i386 on
> windows 98.
> 
> Suggestion to resolve this very minor infelicity?

I don't think you can do anything, short of upgrading your OS.  This
is a misfeature of Windows.

What program does the icon have in its "command" window?

Re: DOS-style filename in emacs 21.1 mode-line

[Benjamin Riefenstahl]

Hi John,


jpwoodruff@irisinternet.net (John Woodruff) writes:
> On one occasion only -- when I drag & drop a file onto the Icon of a
> not-started emacs -- the file name is written in the mode-line in
> the old DOS notation of all-caps with 8 chars.
> [...]
> I am running the manufactured emacs from emacs-21.1-fullbin-i386 on
> windows 98.

file-truename does convert from short names to long names, but
plugging it into Emacs in the right place is a problem.  Reading the
source, there doesn't seem a convinient hook.  I'd suggest patching
the appropriate routine by adding this to your ~/.emacs:

 (defadvice command-line-normalize-file-name
   (before benny-command-line-normalize-file-name (file) activate)
   (setq file (file-truename file)))

This works with 21.2.1 and Win95, I hope it works with 21.1, too.


Hope this helps, benny

Re: DOS-style filename in emacs 21.1 mode-line

[John Woodruff]

"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@elta.co.il> wrote in message news:<mailman.3547.1048480557.21513.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>...
> > From: jpwoodruff@irisinternet.net (John Woodruff)
> > Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> > Date: 23 Mar 2003 13:07:57 -0800
> > 
> > On one occasion only -- when I drag & drop a file onto the Icon of a
> > not-started emacs -- the file name is written in the mode-line in the
> > old DOS notation of all-caps with 8 chars.
> > ....
> > Suggestion to resolve this very minor infelicity?
> 
> I don't think you can do anything, short of upgrading your OS.  This
> is a misfeature of Windows.


OP here:  I'm not at all sure which direction is "up".  I'll learn to
live with it...