From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4654: 23.1; Elisp manual doc of abbreviate-file-name Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 10:55:38 -0700 Message-ID: References: <2C5117E03B57417289F8B3E16B1B8B61@us.oracle.com> <0F408BF94DA24CFCB960917D03E903BA@us.oracle.com> <83ab03mrlo.fsf@gnu.org> <1E8768BDE1464D019FC9EED701E222F4@us.oracle.com> <8363arm741.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Drew Adams , 4654@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1254938870 31068 80.91.229.12 (7 Oct 2009 18:07:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 18:07:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 4654@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 07 20:07:39 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MvavK-0003Yp-TO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:07:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55252 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MvavK-0004WZ-8J for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:07:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mvav0-0004JX-7f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:07:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mvauv-00047g-0b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:07:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34253 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mvauu-00047I-Ra for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:07:12 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:56318) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mvaut-0002Y0-Ms for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:07:12 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n97I79uq029128; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 11:07:09 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n97I57nJ028145; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 11:05:07 -0700 Resent-Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 11:05:07 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:05:07 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4654 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 4654-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4654.125493822127006 (code B ref 4654); Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:05:07 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4654) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 7 Oct 2009 17:57:01 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from rgminet12.oracle.com (rcsinet12.oracle.com [148.87.113.124]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n97Hv0Ps026998 for <4654@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 10:57:01 -0700 Original-Received: from rgminet13.oracle.com (rcsinet13.oracle.com [148.87.113.125]) by rgminet12.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n97HuW6o016885 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 7 Oct 2009 17:56:34 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt357.oracle.com (acsmt357.oracle.com [141.146.40.157]) by rgminet13.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n96GgrLT028181; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 17:57:22 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt007.oracle.com by acsmt357.oracle.com with ESMTP id 20267159791254938138; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:55:38 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:55:37 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <8363arm741.fsf@gnu.org> Thread-Index: AcpHdh/g9DdtdWNlRCqQ6BkLPknhXQAAQJwg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Source-IP: acsmt357.oracle.com [141.146.40.157] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090205.4ACCD663.0055:SCFMA4539814,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:07:17 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:31768 Archived-At: > > > I fixed the manual. The description now says > > > > > > (If the home directory is a root directory, it is not > > > replaced with @samp{~}, because this does not make the result > > > shorter on many systems.) > > > > Consider also making clearer the direction of substitution > > (e.g a one-line example). As Stefan's own misstatement shows, > > it's easy for readers to understand the substitution backwards. > > That is why the text quoted above makes a point of saying "replaced > with", which should be unequivocal. Yes, thanks, that helps (even though it is mentioned only wrt the root-dir special casing).