From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org, Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>,
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [gmane.emacs.bugs] Emacs fails to start properly if the current working directory is on a vfat or ntfs filesystem
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:44:30 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r6f2cqap.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvlk5a2wmy.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:39:23 -0500")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:
> That's indeed what we should do. If and when we ever get support for
> filesystem-knowledge in the code, we may revisit this choice, but for
> now, please someone change the code that auto-generates those filenames
> to avoid characters known to be problematic. Or better yet: to only
> use those chars expected to be always work.
Isn't that sort of dangerous? If Emacs only uses characters which are
_garanteed_ to work on any no matter how stupid, that would seem to
dramatically increase the chances of a clash with a real filename...
-Miles
--
Cat, n. A soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when
things go wrong in the domestic circle.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-24 15:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-23 22:00 [gmane.emacs.bugs] Emacs fails to start properly if the current working directory is on a vfat or ntfs filesystem Chong Yidong
2008-02-23 22:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-02-23 22:30 ` Chong Yidong
2008-02-23 22:33 ` David Kastrup
2008-02-24 4:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-02-24 14:36 ` Jason Rumney
2008-02-24 15:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-02-24 15:44 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2008-02-24 16:01 ` Jason Rumney
2008-02-24 19:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-02-24 20:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-02-25 10:57 ` Richard Stallman
2008-02-25 15:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-02-26 12:36 ` Richard Stallman
2008-02-24 19:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-02-24 23:04 ` Richard Stallman
2008-02-24 23:44 ` Jason Rumney
2008-02-25 19:01 ` Richard Stallman
2008-02-25 23:58 ` Jason Rumney
2008-02-26 1:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-02-26 3:41 ` Chong Yidong
2008-02-26 4:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-02-26 9:07 ` Jason Rumney
2008-02-26 9:39 ` Jason Rumney
2008-02-26 15:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-02-24 22:30 ` Richard Stallman
2008-02-24 15:23 ` Richard Stallman
2008-02-24 20:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-02-25 10:57 ` Richard Stallman
2008-02-25 20:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-02-25 20:52 ` Andreas Schwab
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