From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: file-truename, convert-standard-filename Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:33:57 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1265394877 3932 80.91.229.12 (5 Feb 2010 18:34:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 18:34:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 05 19:34:34 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1NdT0g-0006lW-LN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:34:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57188 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NdT0g-00066y-1Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:34:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NdT0a-00063n-E7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:34:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43441 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NdT0Z-00062y-PJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:34:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NdT0Z-00048I-9s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:34:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-fx0-f221.google.com ([209.85.220.221]:41503) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NdT0Y-00046g-LW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:34:22 -0500 Original-Received: by fxm21 with SMTP id 21so1046847fxm.14 for ; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:34:17 -0800 (PST) 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; bh=vDDsqFkMxgnvkxrHRLojlIe8/ka8IYFDJb14kWQXztQ=; b=CxqYg7tqyWI5R3JitzHeT3UNE3JFfwXC6AYTsVFDA/BOegIiogE5Y/DSyKiBmMpblU agLYkqN2QlcqdTBtQI0btsLa9VA5ZWCJRCVYunDuH/z+yrfSHNxBPirJPQrXQ4vGWvZF NNkRCjgFnNc5k+gO7pUu0AHDYyDYYDjGH5EBY= 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; b=b25lsEt9vzeIbq9ce4ac/wT+tnjVVPO+rvyof5jbYcXp+4GuEzr2ok1+mALDp96r51 U4eNZyKIXpUz9YVTpgWXLoMGfEaKAAFtrG9aH+8gPirZAzSFVZWAoU4zElb2ZmqKSRIU tDR2adtzj/nTXTOw2jPVJ+ce8fxbcVHRzDxXg= Original-Received: by 10.239.170.73 with SMTP id r9mr309483hbe.63.1265394857084; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:34:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:120948 Archived-At: On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote: > "Drew Adams" writes: > >> It's not clear to me when to use `file-truename' and >> `convert-standard-filename'. > > You never apply convert-standard-filename to the name of an existing > file, since by definition this file name already fits the current OS > (otherwise it would not exist). No, that must be a misunderstanding. The file name used internally in Emacs is not the file name used by the OS. convert-standard-file-name translates from Emacs file name syntax to OS dito.