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: emacsclient: support `/' directory separator on w32 Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:20:54 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20061124054526.72239.qmail@web62511.mail.re1.yahoo.com> <85fyc3oiio.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <854psjoh67.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <456C43D4.7060809@student.lu.se> <456C45C3.2050107@student.lu.se> <456C4A8C.2080208@student.lu.se> <85zmablgvk.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <456C5916.1020305@student.lu.se> <456CC240.2050401@student.lu.se> <456D45A1.4050907@student.lu.se> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1164824862 9722 80.91.229.2 (29 Nov 2006 18:27:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:27:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 29 19:27:38 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 1GpU99-0005pP-PB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:27:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GpU99-0008HM-3s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:27:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GpU3H-0003Jl-TF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:20:59 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GpU3F-0003Hx-SC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:20:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GpU3F-0003HT-BU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:20:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.20] (helo=nitzan.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GpU3D-0003g4-Gx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:20:56 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-11-159.inter.net.il [80.230.11.159]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id FIJ41706 (AUTH halo1); Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:20:50 +0200 (IST) Original-To: Lennart Borgman In-reply-to: <456D45A1.4050907@student.lu.se> (message from Lennart Borgman on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:32:33 +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:63050 Archived-At: > Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:32:33 +0100 > From: Lennart Borgman > CC: lekktu@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > > Why do you insist on distributing deviant versions, when the official > > ones are not broken? > > Because I think the official version is a little bit broken and lack > some functionality. Distributing variants just adds to confusion and wastes precious resources. Therefore I think it should be done only if you have a very good reason, and it certainly shouldn't be a knee-jerk reaction to any disagreement. > > Please, let's just drop this issue until after the release. The right > > fix is not that simple; I agree with David that emacsclient should be > > consistent with Emacs, not with notepad. > > > I think that both Emacs and Emacsclient should be consistent with the UI > on w32 and therefore with Notepad. Solving this in both Emacs and emacsclient is a non-trivial job that should not be undertaken now. I hope you agree that solving it _only_ in emacsclient is a bad idea.