From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4819: file-truename's undocumented behavior Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:56:26 +0100 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Lennart Borgman , 4819@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1256778467 15319 80.91.229.12 (29 Oct 2009 01:07:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:07:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, MON KEY To: Stefan Monnier , 4819@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 29 02:07:40 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 1N3JUJ-0005s7-2S for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:07:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35270 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N3JUI-00056G-Ik for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:07:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N3JU3-00051O-0h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:07:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N3JTy-00050F-6a for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:07:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47824 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N3JTx-000509-Uf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:07:17 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:47222) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N3JTw-0000wL-Nj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:07:17 -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 n9T17EK0015951; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:07:14 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n9T158Pb015606; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:05:09 -0700 Resent-Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:05:09 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Lennart Borgman Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:05:08 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4819 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 4819-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4819.125677781414185 (code B ref 4819); Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:05:08 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4819) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 29 Oct 2009 00:56:54 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from mail-yx0-f190.google.com (mail-yx0-f190.google.com [209.85.210.190]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n9T0uqWI014161 for <4819@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:56:53 -0700 Original-Received: by yxe28 with SMTP id 28so1265034yxe.19 for <4819@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:56:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Ii9+IaHSMUW2ZEXCJqly2Gq1GnZHinEDOFxhJEv62I4=; b=tMjlQAFSKIVQhsqZ9UaTKBDx+/frhCAjV0+Y/xFN0m7Z4LsshB1B1tUNB0raEy4KB0 kI5Lef3GpcD2hH0UAu/lCGgJkq8KAQXtdLDYXyap426IaNVU+li15YeusajtC0HS81qJ +AigUOnNPKFa8eLgw9/2kKcsOj58olqGWPvg8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=GqgJiPaEPDupPkfiXpOy8pCbijCvOL9voTSopVSNT8rW3i2qMBHwaOywNp5r3LQu0c YfJ3Wkr7bQTy1fQZLLJhOLuj7uOw4qarwg4yUY2v7PXu0xyv65tWZ1zl+/6lDO7yZl9d vUR16sWEe3tWOkzJLkrhjL/KQUyJj2Tw5eTm4= Original-Received: by 10.101.34.19 with SMTP id m19mr708632anj.81.1256777806503; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:56:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:07:22 -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:32269 Archived-At: On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:37 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> Why not mention in the docs that on w32 `w32-long-file-name' may be >> a more suitable alternative esp. as it is a primitive and as it will >> expand "8.3 DOS" short name aliases in the process. (Again, per >> _existing_ comments in body of `file-truename's definition). > > Elisp should generally not be w32-specific, so ratehr than use > w32-long-file-name we should maybe change > file-truename correspondingly. =C2=A0That doesn't mean I think it's the r= ight > thing to do: I know next to nothing about this issue. It already calls w32-long-file-name. (I am not sure what MON means.)