GNU bug report logs - #4654
23.1; Elisp manual doc of abbreviate-file-name

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:00:05 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 4654 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#4654: 23.1; Elisp manual doc of abbreviate-file-name
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:21:15 -0400

> Question: Why? What is the rationale for not substituting `~' when it
> is a root directory? If the reason is short to express, perhaps it
> should be included in the doc. Understanding the rationale helps one
> remember what the function does.
 
"a root directory" means "/".  The reason is that substituting "/" for
"~" doesn't really abbreviate anything.  If anythingn to me it "looks"
longer because I expect ~ to expand to something longer.


        Stefan
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