From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4654: 23.1; Elisp manual doc of abbreviate-file-name Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:21:15 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 4654@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1254862064 2173 80.91.229.12 (6 Oct 2009 20:47:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 20:47:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, 4654@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 06 22:47:34 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MvGwN-0000rL-85 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:47:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49529 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MvGwM-0006ig-Hx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:47:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MvGwH-0006h1-1c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:47:17 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MvGwB-0006f4-Pv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:47:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41929 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MvGwB-0006ez-Lr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:47:11 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:43015) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MvGwB-0003jy-52 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:47:11 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n96Kl8i4008197; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:47:09 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n96KU6cP005415; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:30:06 -0700 Resent-Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:30:06 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:30:06 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4654 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 4654-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4654.12548605004391 (code B ref 4654); Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:30:06 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4654) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 6 Oct 2009 20:21:40 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca (chene.dit.umontreal.ca [132.204.246.20]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n96KLUvm004384 for <4654@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:21:31 -0700 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n96KLF44022119; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:21:15 -0400 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 4D0BA3A23A; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:21:15 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 6 Oct 2009 10:54:09 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3378=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:47:16 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:31739 Archived-At: > Question: Why? What is the rationale for not substituting `~' when it > is a root directory? If the reason is short to express, perhaps it > should be included in the doc. Understanding the rationale helps one > remember what the function does. "a root directory" means "/". The reason is that substituting "/" for "~" doesn't really abbreviate anything. If anythingn to me it "looks" longer because I expect ~ to expand to something longer. Stefan