From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bug Emacs 21.3: write-file downcasing Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 01:03:04 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <8011-Sat08Feb2003010304+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> References: <20030207182150.377E.LEKTU@terra.es> <7263-Fri07Feb2003201811+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> <20030207210812.63F0.LEKTU@terra.es> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044659575 6464 80.91.224.249 (7 Feb 2003 23:12:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 23:12:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18hHfy-0001g7-00 for ; Sat, 08 Feb 2003 00:12:54 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18hHpi-0001vZ-00 for ; Sat, 08 Feb 2003 00:22:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hHaU-00071d-07 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 18:07:14 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hHZz-0006tL-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 18:06:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hHZf-0006jr-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 18:06:23 -0500 Original-Received: from bilbo.inter.net.il ([192.114.186.18]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hHZN-0006dq-00; Fri, 07 Feb 2003 18:06:05 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretsky (adsl-ayalon-pc-129-189.inter.net.il [213.8.129.189]) by bilbo.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.2.2-GA) with ESMTP id AFE33746; Sat, 8 Feb 2003 01:05:54 +0200 (IST) Original-To: lektu@terra.es X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: <20030207210812.63F0.LEKTU@terra.es> (message from Juanma Barranquero on Fri, 07 Feb 2003 21:19:25 +0100) Original-cc: seagull@fastmail.fm Original-cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:11493 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:11493 > Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 21:19:25 +0100 > From: Juanma Barranquero > > There are two problems: > > 1.- from "C:/file1" to "c:/file1" > 2.- from "/file1" to "c:/file1" > > While trying to solve both, I proposed using an already existing > function: `untranslated-canonical-name'. That function does the > downcasing: (untranslated-canonical-name "/fILe1") => "c:/file1", but > that was, from the point of view of the bug fix, a side effect. If that's the side effect of using untranslated-canonical-name, then I think we should not use it to solve this problem. > Anyway, we've had, AFAIK, just one report for the bug, and that was from > someone using 20.7; while the downcasing is obviously much more > troublesome. So reverting to the old behavior and fixing the bug in a > much less "brute force" way is IMO the best answer. :) Right, I agree.