Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

>>>>> "rms" == Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

      However, matching is
    ! implementation-dependent, and often inaccurate, when wildcards match
    ! dashes in a long name.  It works best if you supply all 14 dashes.

    rms> The first sentence seems to imply that wildcards are so
    rms> unreliable that you should never use them.  It is clearer to
    rms> say

No, it's not.  On some platforms, wildcards that match dashes _are_ so
inaccurate that you should never use them in production code.  Luc
gave an example.  However, it may be convenient for interactive or
one-shot code use, or if it works in an init file.

    rms>      However, matching is implementation-dependent, and can
    rms> be inaccurate when wildcards match dashes in a long name.
    rms> For reliable results, supply all 14 dashes and use wildcards
    rms> only within a field.

The second sentence is a distinct improvement (especially as it
implies partial matching in a field, which often is useful, such as
...-jisx0208*-0 to catch names which specify the year of the
standard), but I recommend that the first sentence be left as is.

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