Docstring for system-type

Docstring for system-type

[Stefan Monnier]

I can never remember which value of `system-type' is used for which system,
so I think the docstring should simply list them.

Any objection/addition/adjustment/clarification ?


        Stefan


--- orig/src/emacs.c
+++ mod/src/emacs.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* Fully extensible Emacs, running on Unix, intended for GNU.
-   Copyright (C) 1985,86,87,93,94,95,97,98,1999,2001,02,03,2004
-      Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001,
+     2002, 2003, 2004, 2005  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
@@ -2439,7 +2439,16 @@
 Many arguments are deleted from the list as they are processed.  */);
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("system-type", &Vsystem_type,
-	       doc: /* Value is symbol indicating type of operating system you are using.  */);
+	       doc: /* Value is symbol indicating type of operating system you are using.
+Special values:
+  `ms-dos'      compiled as an MS-DOS application.
+  `windows-nt'  compiled as a native W32 application.
+  `cygwin'      compiled using the Cygwin library.
+  `vax-vms' or `axp-vms': Running on a (Open)VMS system.
+  `macos'       compiled for Mac OS 9.
+  `darwin'      compiled for Mac OS X.
+  `gnu/linux'   compiled for the GNU/Linux system.
+Anything else indicates some sort of Unix system.  */);
   Vsystem_type = intern (SYSTEM_TYPE);
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("system-configuration", &Vsystem_configuration,

Re: Docstring for system-type

[Steven Tamm]

The darwin string should say "Compile for Mac OS X or Darwin" since it 
works perfectly on GNU-Darwin x86.

-Steven

On Jan 11, 2005, at 2:41 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:

> I can never remember which value of `system-type' is used for which 
> system,
> so I think the docstring should simply list them.
>
> Any objection/addition/adjustment/clarification ?
>
>
>         Stefan
>
>
> --- orig/src/emacs.c
> +++ mod/src/emacs.c
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  /* Fully extensible Emacs, running on Unix, intended for GNU.
> -   Copyright (C) 1985,86,87,93,94,95,97,98,1999,2001,02,03,2004
> -      Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> +   Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 
> 1999, 2001,
> +     2002, 2003, 2004, 2005  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
>  This file is part of GNU Emacs.
>
> @@ -2439,7 +2439,16 @@
>  Many arguments are deleted from the list as they are processed.  */);
>
>    DEFVAR_LISP ("system-type", &Vsystem_type,
> -	       doc: /* Value is symbol indicating type of operating system 
> you are using.  */);
> +	       doc: /* Value is symbol indicating type of operating system 
> you are using.
> +Special values:
> +  `ms-dos'      compiled as an MS-DOS application.
> +  `windows-nt'  compiled as a native W32 application.
> +  `cygwin'      compiled using the Cygwin library.
> +  `vax-vms' or `axp-vms': Running on a (Open)VMS system.
> +  `macos'       compiled for Mac OS 9.
> +  `darwin'      compiled for Mac OS X.
> +  `gnu/linux'   compiled for the GNU/Linux system.
> +Anything else indicates some sort of Unix system.  */);
>    Vsystem_type = intern (SYSTEM_TYPE);
>
>    DEFVAR_LISP ("system-configuration", &Vsystem_configuration,
>
>
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Re: Docstring for system-type

[Stefan Monnier]

> The darwin string should say "Compile for Mac OS X or Darwin" since it
> works perfectly on GNU-Darwin x86.

Thanks, I didn't know about GNU-Darwin.
Hmmm.... does a GNU-Darwin system also unconditionally use utf-8
encoding for file names, like Mac OS X?

I was thinking of using a change along the lines of (still unstested):


        Stefan


--- orig/lisp/international/mule-cmds.el
+++ mod/lisp/international/mule-cmds.el
@@ -1863,7 +1864,8 @@
 
   (set-default-coding-systems nil)
   (setq default-sendmail-coding-system 'iso-latin-1)
-  (setq default-file-name-coding-system 'iso-latin-1)
+  (setq default-file-name-coding-system
+	(if (eq system-type 'darwin) 'utf-8 'iso-latin-1))
   ;; Preserve eol-type from existing default-process-coding-systems.
   ;; On non-unix-like systems in particular, these may have been set
   ;; carefully by the user, or by the startup code, to deal with the