Re: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?

[Daniel Colascione <dancol@dancol.org>]

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On 11/18/12 1:50 PM, Drew Adams wrote:
>>>> cygwin-convert-filename-to-windows, and similarly for the 
>>>> other one.  IOW, replace "path" with "filename".
>>>
>>> But the functions convert directory names too.
>>
>> "Filename" doesn't contradict that.  We have, e.g.,
>> directory-file-name, file-name-as-directory, expand-file-name, etc.
> 
> I agree.  Emacs practice calls for replacing "path" with "filename" or (better)
> "file-name" here.

I've renamed these functions in the trunk. Should I push them to the
emacs-24 branch too? (Is there a way to do that without checking out a
complete copy of that branch?)

> However, I would suggest replacing "windows" with whatever is the accepted term
> used in Emacs names these days (win32?).  We do not want to confuse users.  This
> is about Microsoft Windows file names; it is not about Emacs windows.

"windows" is clear enough in context, and the function names are long
enough as it is.



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