From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [gmane.emacs.bugs] Emacs fails to start properly if the current working directory is on a vfat or ntfs filesystem Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:57:20 -0500 Message-ID: References: <877igvl4dn.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <47C180F9.2060901@gnu.org> <87r6f2cqap.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203955125 14340 80.91.229.12 (25 Feb 2008 15:58:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:58:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, jasonr@gnu.org, cyd@stupidchicken.com, miles@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 25 16:59:09 2008 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 4.50) id 1JTfj6-0001uY-DL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:58:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JTfia-0003QT-KO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:58:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JTfiV-0003PM-6M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:58:11 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JTfiT-0003NH-75 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:58:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JTfiT-0003My-0W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:58:09 -0500 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JTfiE-0003pe-Ev; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:57:54 -0500 Original-Received: from ceviche.home (vpn-132-204-232-165.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.165]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m1PFw10A021658; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:58:01 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 18987B40C5; Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:57:20 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:57:32 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: -2.5 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 2 Rules triggered BAYES_00=-2.5, HAS_X_HELO=0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:90407 Archived-At: >> Isn't that sort of dangerous? If Emacs only uses characters which are >> _garanteed_ to work on any no matter how stupid, that would seem to >> dramatically increase the chances of a clash with a real filename... > A good reason to save those non-file-buffers in a separate directory. > There are disadvantages to that. > If that separate directory is under the user's home dir, other people > who can edit the same file will have trouble finding it. > It could be under the same directory as the file being edited, > but that involves creating a directory for this under each directory > where you edit files. What "file being edited"? I'm talking about "non-file-buffers". Stefan