Re: 8.3 filename restriction

[martin rudalics]

> To my understanding, 8.3 name restriction actually means
> that all filenames (in the same directory?) must be
> distinguished by the first 8 (or 7? 6?)  characters.  So,
> idlw-complete-structtag.el is ok unless there's another file
> that starts with "idlw-complete".  Is it right?

"idlw-com" I believe.  It seems that Eli has a program to check the
8.3 validity of filenames.

Still "idlw-complete-structtag.el" is not ok with my understanding of a
readable file name.

> And, I remember that there were another filename restriction
> which limits the total length to 14 (or so) characters for
> some other system.  Does anyone remember the detail?

The corresponding advice is still in the Elisp manual.