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: Why `lisp' and `shortlisp' Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:13:23 -0400 Message-ID: References: <584p768tou.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1215134023 2392 80.91.229.12 (4 Jul 2008 01:13:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:13:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 04 03:14:29 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 1KEZsb-0001tV-Jc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:14:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39684 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KEZrk-0003bw-Cp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:13:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KEZrg-0003bJ-Bu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:13:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KEZrc-0003ZE-Jx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:13:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42858 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KEZrc-0003Z9-Hp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:13:28 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:57035 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KEZrY-00042A-S9; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:13:24 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AtUEAL8VbUhFxIdG/2dsb2JhbACBXLAgggE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.30,300,1212379200"; d="scan'208";a="23947566" Original-Received: from 69-196-135-70.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.135.70]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 03 Jul 2008 21:13:23 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 37D198EAD; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 21:13:23 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <584p768tou.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:54:41 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:100321 Archived-At: >>> $lisp specifies the full path for those who build in a different directory. > [...] >> But if `shortlisp' works, why use `lisp'? > See line 1 for my guess. I haven't investigated. That would mean that `shortlisp' doesn't work. So if `shortlisp' always works, why use `lisp'? and if `shortlisp' doesn't always work, isn't it a bug to use it? Stefan