From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: file-truename, convert-standard-filename Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:12:22 +0200 Message-ID: <837hqqfaax.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83k4urfqs9.fsf@gnu.org> <0B5BFE3DC87648888328B75164292F06@us.oracle.com> <83d40ig3c3.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1265483566 23033 80.91.229.12 (6 Feb 2010 19:12:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 19:12:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 06 20:12:41 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ndq58-0000z9-9I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:12:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39326 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ndq57-0006F8-IC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:12:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ndq4v-0006Bf-MN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:12:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58148 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ndq4u-0006At-Lb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:12:24 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ndq4t-0006nq-1A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:12:24 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:53414) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ndq4s-0006mo-Jm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:12:22 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KXF00700P6EBW00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:12:21 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.70.67.249]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KXF006XIPCJVX20@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:12:20 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:120988 Archived-At: > From: Lennart Borgman > Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:55:40 +0100 > Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > convert-standard-filename does convert such file names to something > the OS understands. That is correct. > > However convert-standard-filename does more than that, ie more than > its name maybe suggests. It actually converts any Emacs file name to > something the OS understand. No, it converts the file name to a valid name on the OS. Understanding a file name, whatever it may mean, has nothing to do with it. > >> and forgets about > >> the necessary file name syntax translation that > >> convert-standard-filename also does to make the file name fit the OS. > > > > Which translations it forgets? > > > See above. I don't see anything in your explanations that say what is the problem.