From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Fixes to let woman.el deal with MANPATH_MAP elements Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:34:32 +0100 Message-ID: <853b3v3j2f.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <85tzwc2qyi.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1174674891 30315 80.91.229.12 (23 Mar 2007 18:34:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:34:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 23 19:34:43 2007 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 4.50) id 1HUob4-00035o-3U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:34:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HUocz-000109-I6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:36:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HUocw-0000xB-IW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:36:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HUocw-0000vx-4e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:36:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HUocw-0000vo-1y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:36:38 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HUoaz-0001g1-U6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:34:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HUoZ0-00034I-Du; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:32:34 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 428951C4F93F; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:34:32 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri\, 23 Mar 2007 16\:16\:22 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.96 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:68428 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: David Kastrup >> 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