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Re: Don't concat directories to file names
From: |
Juanma Barranquero |
Subject: |
Re: Don't concat directories to file names |
Date: |
Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:25:01 +0200 |
On 6/16/07, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
I agree. "config" is also wrong; this is not just used for
configurations. In fact, the current name `user-emacs-directory'
seems the best of those three.
I'm not sure what to expect from a "user Emacs directory" either...
Perhaps `user-data-directory' would be vague enough.
I agree, but it is a minor point and the name has prior art...
Because, as Stephen has said, a variable with the same purpose and the
name `user-init-directory' has existed in XEmacs for ten years. Adding
the same variable with a different name is incompatibility for
incompatibility's sake; and more so because most uses of it will be
hidden after the proposed `find-user-config-file' function (with
whatever name).
Juanma
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, (continued)
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Stefan Monnier, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Miles Bader, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Miles Bader, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Stefan Monnier, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2007/06/16
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Richard Stallman, 2007/06/15
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names,
Juanma Barranquero <=
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Richard Stallman, 2007/06/16
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/06/16
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2007/06/16
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Stefan Monnier, 2007/06/17
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Richard Stallman, 2007/06/18
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, David Kastrup, 2007/06/18
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Richard Stallman, 2007/06/20
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/06/20
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2007/06/20
- Re: Don't concat directories to file names, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/06/20