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: paths are sensative to double separators Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:14:19 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20090319015037.GC6695@reforged> <87skl97og1.fsf@kobe.laptop> <87prgdsigb.fsf@xemacs.org> <87tz5p5xyo.fsf@kobe.laptop> <87ocvwsq0z.fsf@xemacs.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1237580102 24664 80.91.229.12 (20 Mar 2009 20:15:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:15:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr, xah@xahlee.org, stephen@xemacs.org, codermattie@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 20 21:16:19 2009 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 1Lkl8V-0003EU-D4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:16:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36651 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lkl78-0004Y8-Pg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:14:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lkl6x-0004Vl-VP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:14:36 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lkl6s-0004Tj-EA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:14:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57529 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lkl6s-0004Td-6q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:14:30 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:39349) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lkl6p-00015R-G5; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:14:27 -0400 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n2KKEJAU011275; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:14:20 -0400 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 6DC6980DF6; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:14:19 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:01:00 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.91 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3236=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/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:109732 Archived-At: >> > I can't imagine anyone relies on having Emacs deliberately disobey >> > "/foo/" C-q "/" and convert it to "/". >> >> C-q / doesn't say "mark this slash as a special slash that shouldn't >> be magical. It only says "don't use the command bound to slash, but >> instead just insert a slash char". > Right. If one wants to quote a file name, start it with a "/:"; see > the node "Quoted File Names" in the Emacs manual. I don't think that > it will defeat the "//" case, Depends what you mean by "defeat". E.g. C-x C-f /:/foo///bar RET will open /foo/bar. Stefan