Re: Problem using with-temp-file

[Robert Thorpe]

On Feb 8, 2:09 pm, "rgb" <rbiel...@i1.net> wrote:
> > Looks like your Emacs is mistaking the ":" in the filename for the end
> > of the filename.
> > On MS Windows with GNU Emacs 21.3 this doesn't happen to me, the above
> > works fine.
>
> I've been using 22.0.x for years and really don't know what I'd do
> without it.  So many things I take for granted wern't available in
> 21.3

I made a policy long ago of never using CVS software that wasn't
released.  I'm considering making an exception for Emacs.

> illegal in MS filenames.  Do you get a file with : in the name à
> la .emacs
> or is the : missing but the contents still good or do you get an
> error...

Checking again I see that it doesn't work, it's just that Emacs 21
does not raise an exception to report the error!