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bug#4654: 23.1; Elisp manual doc of abbreviate-file-name
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#4654: 23.1; Elisp manual doc of abbreviate-file-name |
Date: |
Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:47:29 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
> ~/foo/ tells you that foo is directly under the home directory.
Actually, you can see right there: "~/foo" is longer than "/foo", so it
would be wrong for abbreviate-file-name to do such a replacement, since
it wouldn't abbreviate.
> it's not a toss-up, since the _purpose_ of the function is to use ~.
No it's not. The purpose is to abbreviate, i.e. make shorter.
> Anyway, this bug report is about the doc - please clear that up.
Patch welcome. I myself have no idea what wording would please you
better, and the current wording is crystal clear to my mind.
Stefan
bug#4654: marked as done (23.1; Elisp manual doc of abbreviate-file-name), Emacs bug Tracking System, 2009/10/07