From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Rumney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6339: url-filename => "/c:/some/file.txt" Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:35:17 +0800 Message-ID: <87bouahatm.fsf@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1316835404 20797 80.91.229.12 (24 Sep 2011 03:36:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:36:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen , 6339@debbugs.gnu.org To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 24 05:36:40 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R7J2b-0008O8-TR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 05:36:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47358 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R7J2b-00067w-4Y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:36:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:59404) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R7J2Y-00067J-4R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:36:34 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R7J2X-0004nj-4x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:36:34 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:60920) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R7J2X-0004nf-29 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:36:33 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R7J30-0001U5-8l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:37:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jason Rumney Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:37:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6339 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6339-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6339.13168353665640 (code B ref 6339); Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:37:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6339) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Sep 2011 03:36:06 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R7J26-0001Sv-DD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:36:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-gw0-f44.google.com ([74.125.83.44]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R7J23-0001Sn-GD for 6339@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:36:04 -0400 Original-Received: by gwj15 with SMTP id 15so4359185gwj.3 for <6339@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:35:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=GYazriDoitw7x35v6J3xzMyw/6ngQSAAJXScm9yeq1c=; b=jLLC0u7/Ch9ohJgOTeTWouPbDAa8eD3F3/FACZyM+QG453QwrZnxM8VvviRZR82gX9 5Ro+iH95vuIBKqW492MgkQFmkqaoMUN7pSooDwYhFSXE6F/0nxj5/qFt+TZlIlZBb4kT DRIz7AzXeVwJTHhjKB2LLYLua4IMHSceDJS6U= Original-Received: by 10.236.154.137 with SMTP id h9mr25938531yhk.26.1316835333240; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:35:33 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from home.jasonrumney.net ([180.75.159.53]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w50sm2833055yhi.2.2011.09.23.20.35.28 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:35:31 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from wanchan (wanchan [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by home.jasonrumney.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 22BD53D6; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:35:17 +0800 (MYT) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:32:05 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:37:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:51756 Archived-At: Juanma Barranquero writes: > file:///c:/some/file.txt is a URL, i.e., it's a pointer to some > specific file in some specific place (or files with identical path and > name in different hosts, because the URL is missing the HOST part, > defaulting then to localhost). In fact, it is the URL that points to a > file, in some filesystem, with absolute path "c:/some/file.txt". No. That is not an absolute path on most platforms. The absolute path on POSIX platforms would be /c:/some/file.txt, which is consistant with other URL schemes where the initial / forms part of the PATH portion of the URL.