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: emacsclient: support `/' directory separator on w32 Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:25:09 +0100 Message-ID: <854pshbau2.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <20061124054526.72239.qmail@web62511.mail.re1.yahoo.com> <85fyc3oiio.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <854psjoh67.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85r6vnmz3s.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <857ixfkyqu.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <456CC2B4.3000003@student.lu.se> <456CD9A7.5010006@student.lu.se> <456D44EE.2080906@student.lu.se> <85mz6ah8y6.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <854psidqll.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85irgycaa4.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <456E92EB.3070503@student.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1164875177 21567 80.91.229.2 (30 Nov 2006 08:26:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:26:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 30 09:26:14 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GphFA-0008Sg-K0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:26:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GphFA-0000EH-2B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:26:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GphEN-0008Ep-Ce for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:25:19 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GphEL-0008Dw-P8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:25:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GphEL-0008Dq-Lh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:25:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [212.7.152.118] (helo=mxout04.versatel.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GphEI-0006R8-3I; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:25:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mx02.versatel.de (mx01.versatel.de [212.7.146.1]) by mxout04.versatel.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id kAU8P9Fh012767; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:25:10 +0100 Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (i5387963B.versanet.de [83.135.150.59]) by mx02.versatel.de (8.12.11.20060614/8.12.11) with ESMTP id kAU8P9EW025314; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:25:09 +0100 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 3370B1C4D3B4; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:25:09 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Lennart Borgman In-Reply-To: <456E92EB.3070503@student.lu.se> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Thu\, 30 Nov 2006 09\:14\:35 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.91 (gnu/linux) 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:63120 Archived-At: Lennart Borgman writes: > Eli Zaretskii wrote: >>> >>> From: David Kastrup > >>> But if the buffer in question has its cwd on a different drive, it is >>> not possible in the buffer to assign meaning to a directory relative >>> to a different drive. >> >> Unless we store the cwd on each drive in a buffer-local variable, like >> we do with default-directory. > > Or if we let MS Windows take care of this by setting the working > directory for Emacs as I suggested. (However I am not suggesting to > do that now.) I suggest we drop the topic. It does not appear like I am able to explain the problems with your approach in a manner you'd understand. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum