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Re: paths are sensative to double separators
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: paths are sensative to double separators |
Date: |
Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:33:56 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.91 (gnu/linux) |
> It's a feature, as it makes filename entry more convenient, as you can
> enter absolute filenames without erasing the existing path when entering
> a filename.
Yes, it's a feature in find-file (actually in the underlying
`read-file-name' function). It's normally only used for interactive
filename entry, with one historical exception: `load'.
It's implemented by `substitute-in-file-name' which additionally does
expansion of envvars, so (load "$FOOBAR/lisp/toto.el") also works.
This `load' exception is undesirable, but at this point, it's not clear
whether it's best to fix it or to preserve compatibility.
Stefan
- Re: paths are sensative to double separators, (continued)
- Re: paths are sensative to double separators, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2009/03/21
- Re: paths are sensative to double separators, Giorgos Keramidas, 2009/03/21
- Re: paths are sensative to double separators, Eli Zaretskii, 2009/03/20
- Re: paths are sensative to double separators, Stefan Monnier, 2009/03/20
- Re: paths are sensative to double separators, Stefan Monnier, 2009/03/19
- Re: paths are sensative to double separators, Giorgos Keramidas, 2009/03/19
- Re: paths are sensative to double separators, Byung-Hee HWANG, 2009/03/19
Re: paths are sensative to double separators, Miles Bader, 2009/03/18
- Re: paths are sensative to double separators,
Stefan Monnier <=
Re: paths are sensative to double separators, Sebastian Rose, 2009/03/19
Re: paths are sensative to double separators, Xavier Maillard, 2009/03/19