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: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 17:52:52 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <8011-Sun09Feb2003175252+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> References: <20030207163850.3779.LEKTU@terra.es> <2110-Fri07Feb2003191658+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> <20030207182150.377E.LEKTU@terra.es> <2593-Fri07Feb2003201921+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044806125 9086 80.91.224.249 (9 Feb 2003 15:55:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 15:55:25 +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 18htnf-0002MQ-00 for ; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 16:55:23 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18htyF-00019S-00 for ; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 17:06:19 +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 18htpL-0005bV-01 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 10:57:07 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18htoy-0005QS-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 10:56:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hton-0005CL-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 10:56:34 -0500 Original-Received: from frigg.inter.net.il ([192.114.186.16]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18htoF-0004LH-00; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 10:55:59 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretsky (adsl-ayalon-pc-129-174.inter.net.il [213.8.129.174]) by frigg.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.2.2-GA) with ESMTP id CDN77542; Sun, 9 Feb 2003 17:55:53 +0200 (IST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Sun, 09 Feb 2003 07:39:43 -0500) 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:11521 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:11521 > From: Richard Stallman > Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 07:39:43 -0500 > > > We should have a `file-name-equal' predicate instead. > > I don't like the idea of distorting Emacs that much for the sake of > Windows. We already have similar solutions in place: convert-standard-filename is a case in point. The idea is to make any ugliness of non-Posix systems be confined to a single place rather than spread over Lisp packages. In addition, I'm not sure such a primitive will be useless for Posix platforms. It could, for example, be useful for comparing decoded file names with encoded ones. In any case, the questions is what is the alternative to solve this particular problem. I don't think we should leave it unsolved.