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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 60929@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#60929: 30.0.50; [FR] `file-name-extension' and backup suffixes
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:12:56 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87cz745gqp.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83tu0hidcp.fsf@gnu.org>

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> 3. It would be nice to have Elisp API to determine (1) "effective" file
>>    name as seen to the user wrt editing functionality (foo.ext); (2) a
>>    list of transformations Emacs applied to the file contents when
>>    opening the file (decrypt, strip backup/version, tramp connection,
>>    etc)
>
> What would you do with the "effective" file name obtained via such a
> hypothetical API?  I'm asking because the answer might be relevant to
> defining the terms in which the API will return the information; a
> file name is just one possibility, not the only one.

The original need is deriving exported file name.

I can also imagine one trying to apply equivalent encryption or simply
file name suffix to the exported file:
  foo.org.gpg -> (exports to) foo.html.gpg
  foo.org.~10~ -> (exports to) foo.html.~10~
  foo.org.gpg -> (backed up to + auto-encrypted) foo.org.gpg~
  foo.org.gz  -> (exports to + auto-compressed) foo.html.gz

Hmm... If we go further into generalization, what I am talking about is
centralized API to "describe" current buffer file:

  1. What is already there:

     - `buffer-file-name'
     - `buffer-file-truename'
     - `buffer-file-number'

  2. What could be made available:

     - TRAMP mount point
     - `buffer-effective-name'
     - some info + callback to re-encrypt/re-archive/re-apply suffixes
       for a given file buffer onto another file buffer.

> For example, if you want the file name so you could know the
> appropriate major mode, perhaps a better interface would be to give
> you a list of relevant major modes?

I am not sure what you refer to here.

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-01-24 11:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-18 10:50 bug#60929: 30.0.50; [FR] `file-name-extension' and backup suffixes Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-18 11:08 ` Ruijie Yu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-01-18 12:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-18 13:01   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-18 14:47     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-23 10:05       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-23 13:34         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-24 11:12           ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2023-01-24 12:37             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-25 13:18               ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-25 13:26                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-25 13:33                   ` Ruijie Yu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-01-25 13:43                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-25 13:37                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-18 14:20   ` Eli Zaretskii

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