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#7777: 24.0.50; incompatible change for `directory-abbrev-alist' not in NEWS Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 20:12:33 -0800 Message-ID: References: <3F8051724A4D4413A7B4CCC51ADFC1F6@us.oracle.com> <83bp3xohvm.fsf@gnu.org> <2AFD6A500A684D38948C9F1EFE6CF6B3@us.oracle.com> <837helnwp5.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1294115041 26683 80.91.229.12 (4 Jan 2011 04:24:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 04:24:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7777@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 04 05:23:57 2011 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PZyRA-0007AT-S4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2011 05:23:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33629 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PZyRA-0006ma-6k for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:23:56 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=58958 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PZyR1-0006lp-Fa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:23:48 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PZyR0-0004Ls-Dt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:23:47 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:47156) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PZyR0-0004Lo-Ar for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:23:46 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PZyAo-0006Fh-4X; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:07:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 04:07:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7777 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7777-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7777.129411398423990 (code B ref 7777); Tue, 04 Jan 2011 04:07:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7777) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Jan 2011 04:06:24 +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 1PZyAC-0006Et-5U for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:06:24 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PZyA9-0006Eh-UQ for 7777@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:06:22 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet13.oracle.com (rcsinet13.oracle.com [148.87.113.125]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id p044DS9i010422 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 4 Jan 2011 04:13:29 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt353.oracle.com (acsmt353.oracle.com [141.146.40.153]) by rcsinet13.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id p041bIQf022075; Tue, 4 Jan 2011 04:13:24 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt018.oracle.com by acsmt355.oracle.com with ESMTP id 895992421294114356; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:12:36 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.216.166) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:12:35 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <837helnwp5.fsf@gnu.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 Thread-Index: AcurxCMKdBASqZLESY+YTiK6Qun87wAAPE5g X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:07:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , 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:43074 Archived-At: > How about if we change the doc string to not sound like a stringent > requirement, but rather as a "note"? That would be an improvement, thanks (the manual, likewise). It would also help to explain why. Explaining why helps avoid any misunderstanding wrt the older "rule", and it helps understand the new "note". The other part of this bug is the location of the manual entry: Why the Elisp manual? This is a user option. If we feel it is important to tell users about this in a manual, why wouldn't the Emacs manual be the right one?