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 01:01:35 +0100 Message-ID: References: <8764d8u085.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> <85lkm4zbfa.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <854pssz8u7.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85k61oxsqq.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 1164153717 26525 80.91.229.2 (22 Nov 2006 00:01:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:01:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 22 01:01:55 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 1GmfYn-0004dz-Rx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 01:01:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GmfYn-0005Fy-Cy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:01:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GmfYa-0005CT-Sa for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:01:40 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GmfYW-000563-Qh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:01:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GmfYW-00055b-KZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:01:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [66.249.82.231] (helo=wx-out-0506.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GmfYW-0006Y5-3k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:01:36 -0500 Original-Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s17so34006wxc for ; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:01:35 -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=UX7aTXlNpdstrN151HqxNh6N1FgXpOifuzqlhY42NM4Uc76qhOgxdhRQWmtlZbduTMDwrsT/HHJZBtToayL+eOCQHM/8eFQcTjqg64P5F7fJFg1jkm1c/9Mm0Cfgqs05h01/xr45KPcZVBSyUkPo9ZltyN+bEkalUI9EvGtxV9s= Original-Received: by 10.90.92.7 with SMTP id p7mr6268992agb.1164153695575; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:01:35 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.35.95.18 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:01:35 -0800 (PST) Original-To: "David Kastrup" In-Reply-To: <85k61oxsqq.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:62626 Archived-At: On 11/22/06, David Kastrup wrote: > Listing the directory. Just > dir > and nothing else. Yes. It *preserves* the case. It does not attach any meaning to the difference. It just preserves it. That Is Good. > It is your Windows system that throws the file name with the same > capitalization with which it was created back at you. Yes, a feature. Nice of you to add support to my position. > Then why do you spell them differently? Because writing systems allow inconsistent spellings. I'm perfectly OK being called Juanma or juanma. I promise you that if you ever yell my name on the street, I'll turn back towards you, even if you pronounce it in lowercase. > String equality is not a byproduct of "case-sensitive mindsets". No. I don't remember talking about string equality, but filenames. I don't know why do you try to convince me that strings and names (of files, people, cities, whatever) are the same thing. They are not. > Tough. I had, repeatedly so, as maintainer of AUCTeX and other > systems. And I don't even use Windows myself. Surely because AUCTeX was written without giving thought to the weird idea that there could be case-insensitive systems in the world. /L/e/k/t/u