From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: find-library-name fails if file (with no extension) exists. Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:09:18 +0200 Message-ID: References: <8764d8u085.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> <85lkm4zbfa.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <854pssz8u7.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85r6vvolhx.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85hcwrl1sc.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1164233385 15420 80.91.229.2 (22 Nov 2006 22:09:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:09:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 22 23:09:43 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gn0Hc-0005Qk-UI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:09:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gn0Hc-0005bK-C6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:09:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gn0HO-0005ai-Vd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:09:18 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gn0HN-0005aS-Ba for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:09:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gn0HN-0005aP-5k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:09:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.66] (helo=romy.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Gn0HL-0006HT-EN; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:09:15 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-229-208-204.inter.net.il [84.229.208.204]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id GIM25232 (AUTH halo1); Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:09:10 +0200 (IST) Original-To: David Kastrup In-reply-to: <85hcwrl1sc.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:27:47 +0100) 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:62697 Archived-At: > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > From: David Kastrup > Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:27:47 +0100 > > > Simple designs have their demerits as well. Witness the "cat > > /usr/bin/emacs" snafu on Unix, where you can have yourself logged off > > or hanged due to the fact that text and binary data are not > > indistinguishable by design. > > "not indistinguishable"? Should I from now on point out and mock every minor typo in your messages? > Anyway, are you saying that terminals can't get confused by binary > data on Windows? No. Not in the terrible way the Unix terminal can, anyway, because the Windows terminal doesn't interpret certain sequences of characters as commands to the terminal driver. About the worst you can get is a screen full of garbage and a few beeps.