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Re: isearch multiple buffers
From: |
Dan Nicolaescu |
Subject: |
Re: isearch multiple buffers |
Date: |
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:41:38 -0700 |
Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> > Cc: Miles Bader <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> > From: Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden>
> > Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:16:26 -0700
> >
> > Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> > > > Because the 8.3 name restriction has a negative effect for _all_
> > > > developers.
> > >
> > > What negative effects? can you show them in the archives? AFAIR, this
> > > is about the first such issue in years.
> >
> > Here are quite a few exmaples: go to http://search.gmane.org/ search
> > for 8.3 and use "gmane.emacs.devel" for "In group". It produces a good
> > amount of hits.
>
> All I see, in addition to this thread is the following:
>
> . An issue with foo-+.texi in June 2004
>
> . A couple of messages about ChangeLog-unicode in February 2005
>
> . A discussion back in August 2005 when MH-E was added to Emacs, and
> a related discussion in September that year about image files.
>
> . A comment by Kim Storm in June this year about renaming a single
> file.
>
> . A few other hits that have nothing to do with conflicts in file
> names due to 8+3 restrictions, such as the discussion in May 2004
> about the doc string of convert-standard-filename
>
> So there are, like, 4-5 instances since 2004---more than I thought,
> but still very much negligible.
I wouldn't call it negligible, it is annoying. And that is just one
search, looking other keywords might find more stuff. And again, the
feeling of a lot of people on this list is that this dealing with this
is unjustified, as the platform does not seem to be too much alive
> > Another situation where the DOS port had to be taken into account:
> > recently I wanted to clean up the code and get rid of the MULTI_KBOARD
> > #ifdefs. You asked me not to because the MSDOS port might need it. I
> > am 100% convinced that it won't be needed, but preferred to drop the
> > issue rather that try to convince you of this.
>
> So you are saying that my stubbornness is also a problem related to
> the MSDOS port?
I did not say, nor did I want to imply anything about "stubbornness",
I am sorry if that's what you read into this. I just felt that it
wasn't worth my time or yours to try to convince you about
this. (which is quite possible with the right technical arguments).
> > Also, there are a LOT of DOS #ifdefs in the code that we could get rid
> > of, that should simplify future maintenance.
>
> You can say this about many other supported platforms. Look at
> sysdep.c, for example, or at process.c.
Exactly, if there are many other systems that are dead, we should just
delete the corresponding cruft.
> This thread was only about 8+3 file-name limitations.
I might have confused the thread, I thought the discussion was in
general about if it was about if keeping the MSDOS port altogether.
- Re: isearch multiple buffers, (continued)
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- Re: isearch multiple buffers, Dan Nicolaescu, 2007/10/26
- Re: isearch multiple buffers, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/10/26
- Re: isearch multiple buffers, David Kastrup, 2007/10/26
- Re: isearch multiple buffers, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/10/26
- Re: isearch multiple buffers, Stefan Monnier, 2007/10/26
- Re: isearch multiple buffers, Eli Zaretskii, 2007/10/26
- Re: isearch multiple buffers, Eli Zaretskii, 2007/10/26
- Re: isearch multiple buffers, Eli Zaretskii, 2007/10/26
- Re: isearch multiple buffers, Eli Zaretskii, 2007/10/26
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