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 10:28:01 +0200 Message-ID: <83eikyg44u.fsf@gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1265445307 5354 80.91.229.12 (6 Feb 2010 08:35:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 08:35:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: MON KEY Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 06 09:35:04 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 1Ndg88-0001nf-39 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:35:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60915 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ndg84-0001c0-AW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:35:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ndg4R-0001BJ-Jg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:31:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=34777 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ndg4N-0001B7-Kk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:31:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ndg2r-0004Ep-6W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:29:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]:33829) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ndg2q-0004EU-QK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:29:37 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KXE00K00V7ZSW00@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:27:59 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.70.67.249]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KXE00HEAVIM67C0@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:27:59 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.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:120976 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 22:52:33 -0500 > From: MON KEY > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > The distinction which should be clarified in the docs is that between a > file as an object and the name of that object as a string. ??? It should be clear that `file-truename' operates on the file's name alone; see the ``name'' part of the function's name and also the function's doc string. Why would one be confused about that? Or are you talking about some other function(s)?