From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Friedrich Dominicus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Another word for "path"? Date: 13 Feb 2003 08:28:02 +0100 Organization: Q Software Solutions GmbH Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87el6czlkt.fsf@fbigm.here> References: <84hec65ylb.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1045138562 32250 80.91.224.249 (13 Feb 2003 12:16:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 12:16:02 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18jIEs-0008F4-00 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 13:13:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18jIDB-0003Qv-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 07:11:29 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.nacamar.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1045120957 02 16938 xyfgEqrESaYpc4 030213 07:22:37 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-Sender: 320004655587-0001@t-dialin.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.4 (Native Windows TTY Support) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:110114 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6618 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6618 Daniel Barclay writes: > Kai Großjohann wrote: > > > > A Tramp filename consists of the following parts: > > > > - a method specification > > - a user name > > - a host name > > - and a path specifying the file on the remote host > > Also: > > That looks a lot like a URI. You might look at the URI terminology > in RFC 2396 (http://rfc.sunsite.dk/rfc/rfc2396.html). Maybe, this is the right choice but I was thinking Kai wanted a more general term for path. As I reread this mails "file-locator" has come to my mind. Am not sure if it's good but a least a suggestion. Friedrich