From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: file-truename, convert-standard-filename
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 20:20:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e01d8a51002061120g4f92e91fs919e2c1e92d37476@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <837hqqfaax.fsf@gnu.org>
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:55:40 +0100
>> Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>>
>> convert-standard-filename does convert such file names to something
>> the OS understands. That is correct.
>>
>> However convert-standard-filename does more than that, ie more than
>> its name maybe suggests. It actually converts any Emacs file name to
>> something the OS understand.
>
> No, it converts the file name to a valid name on the OS.
> Understanding a file name, whatever it may mean, has nothing to do
> with it.
:-)
Ok, I give up on this. What I am saying is just what you are saying:
"it converts the file name to a valid name on the OS". I just thought
that the manual should say this more clearly.
Though I prefer avoiding technical terms when I think it is clear what
I mean (because IMO it normally leads to faster communication and
better understanding than using pure technical terms).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-06 19:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-05 17:31 file-truename, convert-standard-filename Drew Adams
2010-02-05 18:15 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-02-05 18:33 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-02-05 19:45 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-02-05 19:49 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-02-05 20:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-02-05 20:18 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-02-06 1:10 ` Miles Bader
2010-02-05 23:51 ` Drew Adams
2010-02-05 19:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-02-05 23:51 ` Drew Adams
2010-02-06 0:17 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-02-06 8:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-02-06 16:55 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-02-06 19:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-02-06 19:20 ` Lennart Borgman [this message]
2010-02-06 9:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-02-06 15:33 ` Drew Adams
2010-02-06 19:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-02-06 20:46 ` Drew Adams
2010-02-06 21:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-02-06 23:12 ` Drew Adams
2010-02-07 4:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-02-08 1:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-02-08 2:46 ` Drew Adams
2010-02-26 18:33 ` Davis Herring
2010-02-26 19:12 ` Drew Adams
2010-02-26 19:35 ` Davis Herring
2010-02-26 20:25 ` Drew Adams
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-02-06 3:52 MON KEY
2010-02-06 8:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <d2afcfda1002061814nc3e178fl5d93e21ea6bae7b5@mail.gmail.com>
2010-02-07 2:16 ` MON KEY
[not found] ` <83wrypelms.fsf@gnu.org>
2010-02-07 23:26 ` MON KEY
2010-02-08 0:28 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-02-08 4:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <d2afcfda1002091330y53017b24w5e6bdf3c3d131a97@mail.gmail.com>
2010-02-09 21:32 ` MON KEY
2010-02-09 21:59 ` Andreas Schwab
2010-02-09 22:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
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