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: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:10:35 +0200 Message-ID: <83hbpse5ac.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83eikyg44u.fsf@gnu.org> <83wrypelms.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1265602379 28679 80.91.229.12 (8 Feb 2010 04:12:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 04:12:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: MON KEY Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 08 05:12:57 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 1NeKzY-0006jG-LD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:12:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35715 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NeKzX-0007C0-4s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:12:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NeKzR-0007Ar-Fg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:12:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56569 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NeKzR-0007AV-3S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:12:49 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NeKzP-00011a-VK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:12:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:43818) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NeKzP-000115-EK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:12:47 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KXI003008TOCR00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:10:31 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.70.67.249]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KXI0022O8XI7Q70@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:10:31 +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:121019 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 18:26:41 -0500 > From: MON KEY > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > See above: a file name is always a string. > > Yeah. > I'm surely beating this horse but.... > > (substring (documentation 'require) 0 56) > > => "If feature FEATURE is not loaded, load it from FILENAME." > > (require 'foo) > > Which is the string of the filename referenced in the above form? As Andreas points out, rather than looking at a small portion of the doc string, why don't you read it in its entirety? The answer to your question is there.