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Re: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?
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Daniel Colascione |
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Re: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows? |
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Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:35:46 -0800 |
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On 11/17/12 12:18 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Glenn Morris <address@hidden>
>> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:39:58 -0500
>>
>> If the functions cygwin-convert-path-from-windows and
>> cygwin-convert-path-to-windows need documenting in the manuals, please
>> could someone do that? Maybe they don't, given that "Cygwin" essentially
>> isn't mentioned anywhere in the manuals. On the other hand, if you feel
>> that is a disservice, now is a chance to rectify it! :)
>
> I think they do need to be documented: as time passes, they will be
> more and more used in the sources.
>
> I do have a gripe wrt their names: GNU coding standards frown upon
> using "path" for anything but PATH-style lists of directories. But my
> comments about that at the time evidently weren't enough to convince
> the guilty parties.
It's not too late to change the names. What would you suggest?
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- document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?, Glenn Morris, 2012/11/16
- Re: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/11/17
- Re: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?,
Daniel Colascione <=
- Re: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/11/18
- Re: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?, Daniel Colascione, 2012/11/18
- Re: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/11/18
- RE: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?, Drew Adams, 2012/11/18
- Re: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?, Daniel Colascione, 2012/11/18
- Re: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/11/18
- Re: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?, Stefan Monnier, 2012/11/18
- Re: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?, Glenn Morris, 2012/11/20
- Re: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?, Daniel Colascione, 2012/11/20
- Re: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?, Stefan Monnier, 2012/11/18