From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Fixes to let woman.el deal with MANPATH_MAP elements
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:34:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <853b3v3j2f.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <uircs3v0p.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri\, 23 Mar 2007 16\:16\:22 +0200")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
>> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:29:25 +0100
>>
>> Both problems appear fixed with the following rather straightforward
>> patch. While it clearly fixes faulty behavior, it could be considered
>> bordering on "new feature".
>>
>> Should I still apply it?
>
> That's something for Richard to decide.
>
>> ! (unless path (setq path (split-string (getenv "PATH") ":" t)))
>
> Please don't install such unportable code: only Posix platforms use
> `:' to separate directories in PATH and other similar variables.
> Please use `path-separator' instead.
Thanks, that was important information. It would not have broken
previously existing behavior, but would not have helped, either. I'll
rework the patch.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-23 18:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-23 10:29 Fixes to let woman.el deal with MANPATH_MAP elements David Kastrup
2007-03-23 14:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-03-23 18:34 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2007-03-23 20:03 ` David Kastrup
2007-03-23 20:12 ` Drew Adams
2007-03-23 20:25 ` David Kastrup
2007-03-23 21:09 ` David Kastrup
2007-03-23 18:00 ` Richard Stallman
2007-03-24 15:09 ` David Kastrup
2007-03-24 16:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-03-24 17:07 ` David Kastrup
2007-03-24 17:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-03-31 15:25 ` David Kastrup
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