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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 10:18:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83lie03ano.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aqehjs99td.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:39:58 -0500
> 
> If the functions cygwin-convert-path-from-windows and
> cygwin-convert-path-to-windows need documenting in the manuals, please
> could someone do that? Maybe they don't, given that "Cygwin" essentially
> isn't mentioned anywhere in the manuals. On the other hand, if you feel
> that is a disservice, now is a chance to rectify it! :)

I think they do need to be documented: as time passes, they will be
more and more used in the sources.

I do have a gripe wrt their names: GNU coding standards frown upon
using "path" for anything but PATH-style lists of directories.  But my
comments about that at the time evidently weren't enough to convince
the guilty parties.



  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-17  8:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-17  3:39 document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows? Glenn Morris
2012-11-17  8:18 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2012-11-18 20:35   ` Daniel Colascione
2012-11-18 21:21     ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-18 21:22       ` Daniel Colascione
2012-11-18 21:36         ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-18 21:50           ` Drew Adams
2012-11-19  1:44             ` Daniel Colascione
2012-11-19  3:36               ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-19  4:06               ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-20 19:00               ` Glenn Morris
2012-11-20 19:05                 ` Daniel Colascione
2012-11-19  2:37         ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-19  2:45           ` Daniel Colascione
2012-11-19  3:46             ` Stefan Monnier

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