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: paths are sensative to double separators Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:01:00 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20090319015037.GC6695@reforged> <87skl97og1.fsf@kobe.laptop> <87prgdsigb.fsf@xemacs.org> <87tz5p5xyo.fsf@kobe.laptop> <87ocvwsq0z.fsf@xemacs.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1237561333 23305 80.91.229.12 (20 Mar 2009 15:02:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:02:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr, xah@xahlee.org, stephen@xemacs.org, codermattie@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 20 16:03:29 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 1LkgFV-0002gp-KZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:03:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51230 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LkgE6-00021a-6M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:01:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LkgDX-0001qc-VT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:01:04 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LkgDW-0001qB-Ug for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:01:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47132 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LkgDW-0001q7-Qe for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:01:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout5.012.net.il ([84.95.2.13]:24588) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LkgDW-0001se-5b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:01:02 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i_mtaout5.012.net.il by i_mtaout5.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) id <0KGT0010088WQ300@i_mtaout5.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:01:01 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.23.114]) by i_mtaout5.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0KGT001LU8DOY6G0@i_mtaout5.012.net.il>; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:01:01 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 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:109722 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:57:45 -0400 > Cc: Giorgos Keramidas , xah@xahlee.org, > emacs-devel@gnu.org, Mike Mattie > > > 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, but I have no system to check that myself.