From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: newsticker-*.el files Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:44:57 +0100 Message-ID: References: <200806082201.m58M142d000380@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212968739 24889 80.91.229.12 (8 Jun 2008 23:45:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 23:45:39 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 09 01:46:21 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 1K5UaY-0003LB-MF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:46:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38854 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K5UZl-0000P4-Dv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:45:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K5UZT-0000Jf-H9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:45:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K5UZR-0000Il-VA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:45:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44765 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K5UZR-0000Ig-MT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:45:09 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:50770 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K5UZR-00059S-Vi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:45:10 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1K5UZP-0002Jw-Op for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:45:07 +0000 Original-Received: from smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk ([193.60.95.72]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:45:07 +0000 Original-Received: from sdl.web by smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:45:07 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACgAAAAoBAMAAAB+0KVeAAAAMFBMVEUaFRZLMy1dTENxVzKQ WiCrXQ97cmO/dSqSh3akjGTApXy5sJ7Sxo/Sz8Xo6eP9//xJbkruAAAAAWJLR0QAiAUdSAAAAAlw SFlzAAACxQAAAsUBidZ/7wAAAAd0SU1FB9cBBwMJOwHXewoAAAIBSURBVCjPVdNBiNNAFADQ6J4F x3hThHZBBC+WCFI8SS0iezRDcMHLHkLAg6gJH/fgYQ9xYlj2sLK4KHgqCgXFhda2Idmr4kkQPZQ0 nkQMbTypbMmMM2m7ZgYSmMef/5OZPwo7HFnx3uKPcmj0Dht1LWZJ+Hvr7dIFZXRUwl9VRTuuKDJ+ U44gjscknK4hhJaCkYRsWjmBtLqXlJAG2wipNe18OZJu1BBq1E8xafl4s6Jq2mUZGftU1y7CCxnp FVUDWJXx4C66BKBnErbuoaYNtoRTu6EZBsCbMn7W+5qOAR6WvxNOby9jHWC9hAf3n304CdiAByXs 3Nh9roLDkyb/sWV712vYwaLSAn8CPMHIAAzOPDKP2COAFm4Y4ODVWc6xG7KXsN7UeUJjjimx2uwd gCgNhr0i8C/xyCD5CiCKAMY3Bf5oDzx//w/fimscdcAZU2jv9sedx6+nYPPFIoWI/GK6QZ+EFGOR ErAjCnV3vPZ7XqlTIMbOLY7fLcvvmT7rXNWaGDexIY44N12TG2PDp7vqyl57dnCeuWwyNpnEURxk fTbDYeBnKRn4oejPYI4sH6WviBumEZ/GxX4X/x6EcURFZ7E071bjQGAxpcOAEOJuTiroDEea5Szv rVWLYfl7ZiQwSUToxrkux7OLixAWGz22+HIyWTRYcVfomOwvzusfjtVIGgLHf3MAAAAASUVORK5C YII= User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:rrHLhjrZSCvCnh4JdgxF2skbv5Q= X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:98738 Archived-At: On 2008-06-08 23:01 +0100, Dan Nicolaescu wrote: > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > The newly installed newsticker-*.el files cause file-name clashes on > > 8+3 (a.k.a. DOS) filesystems. Can we rename them in a way that avoids > > such clashes? All that is needed that the first 8 characters of the > > basename be different; as long as they are, there's no problem for the > > basename itself to be longer than 8 characters. > > The DOS port currently does not work, it has been approved for removal, > and you said that it might never be revived. > > Why do this work now, when it's highly possible that the uglyfied names > might never be needed? > > Why not do the renaming work at the time when the DOS platform is > brought back to life? This sounds quite sensible. Anyone out there uses Emacs 23 under dos? -- .: Leo :. [ sdl.web AT gmail.com ] .: [ GPG Key: 9283AA3F ] :. Use the better alternative -- http://www.openoffice.org/