From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Juanma Barranquero" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: find-library-name fails if file (with no extension) exists. Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:34:12 +0100 Message-ID: References: <8764d8u085.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> <85lkm4zbfa.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <854pssz8u7.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1164152120 22057 80.91.229.2 (21 Nov 2006 23:35:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 23:35:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 22 00:35:15 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gmf8q-00076i-DC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:35:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gmf8p-0005fk-FB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:35:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gmf83-00052N-Sk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:34:16 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gmf82-0004zK-1t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:34:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gmf81-0004yq-In for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:34:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [64.233.184.233] (helo=wr-out-0506.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Gmf81-0000Aq-I7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:34:13 -0500 Original-Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i12so12472wra for ; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:34:12 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=tFekMo9lmWhd+1RzRco2UOwz/+49OJlUrnHleSnoRDldxOFpUmFcGZIjLTH49FcGIm8Jo/G8bywLTcBmEIJvJoovpJdSk84L6PD28q0DyAkH1adoBpyQhfdCQMyG48YFpzlXxkbhm+hnQrGregodIlAcE6e1G3QCujFEKpEJW3c= Original-Received: by 10.90.31.19 with SMTP id e19mr6220215age.1164152052765; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:34:12 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.35.95.18 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:34:12 -0800 (PST) Original-To: "David Kastrup" In-Reply-To: <854pssz8u7.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Content-Disposition: inline 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:62622 Archived-At: On 11/22/06, David Kastrup wrote: > Yes, they are. As can easily be verified by listing the directory > after creating either file. Not so. I create MyBook.txt. I "dir mybook.txt". I got the same file. Just one filename. Don't try to impose your Unix worldview on me! > They certainly _are_ different file names, but they can't refer to > different files. They certainly are *not*, in a case-insensitive filesystem. > That does not make the names the same, merely changes your search > strategy. You're overlooking what I said: that *I* don't distinguish between Mila&Nero and mila&nero (unless writing a message like this one), so my computer should not try to force me into doing it. > It doesn't. It just insists that you are consistent. If you want to > write lowercase, do so. If you want to capitalize, do so. I *am* consistent: I consistently refuse to think that Mila&Nero and mila&nero could meaningfully refer to different entities. Certainly, I do answer e-mails to me even when they start with "dear juanma". > It is a constant source for trouble in scripts of all sorts. As Lennart said: it is, with scripts written from the case-sensitive mindset. That's not fault of the other alternative. I've never had trouble with capitalization on VMS, OS/2, CP/M, DOS, Windows, Oasis, THEOS and other case-insensitive systems. /L/e/k/t/u