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Re: Fixes to let woman.el deal with MANPATH_MAP elements
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Fixes to let woman.el deal with MANPATH_MAP elements |
Date: |
Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:34:32 +0100 |
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Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>> From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
>> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:29:25 +0100
>>
>> Both problems appear fixed with the following rather straightforward
>> patch. While it clearly fixes faulty behavior, it could be considered
>> bordering on "new feature".
>>
>> Should I still apply it?
>
> That's something for Richard to decide.
>
>> ! (unless path (setq path (split-string (getenv "PATH") ":" t)))
>
> Please don't install such unportable code: only Posix platforms use
> `:' to separate directories in PATH and other similar variables.
> Please use `path-separator' instead.
Thanks, that was important information. It would not have broken
previously existing behavior, but would not have helped, either. I'll
rework the patch.
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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
Re: Fixes to let woman.el deal with MANPATH_MAP elements, Richard Stallman, 2007/03/23
Re: Fixes to let woman.el deal with MANPATH_MAP elements, David Kastrup, 2007/03/31