Re: underscores in gnulib file names

2007-09-07 Thread Jim Meyering
Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Jim, all, > > * Jim Meyering wrote on Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 09:35:14PM CEST: >> >> I prefer ..h, too. Does anyone object? > > Two reasons against it: it looks too much like a typo gone mad. > And if you ever happen to use portable make inference ru

Re: underscores in gnulib file names

2007-09-07 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Jim, all, * Jim Meyering wrote on Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 09:35:14PM CEST: > > I prefer ..h, too. Does anyone object? Two reasons against it: it looks too much like a typo gone mad. And if you ever happen to use portable make inference rules, then ..h (or any suffix with more than one dot) w

Re: underscores in gnulib file names

2007-09-07 Thread Karl Berry
I prefer ..h, too. Does anyone object? I don't object myself, but since this whole thread started (as I understand it) because rms complained, you might want to ask him too. k

Re: underscores in gnulib file names

2007-09-07 Thread Jim Meyering
Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I admit that .eh seems a little odd, and would >> require everyone to teach their editor about the new suffix. > > True; that's a pain. > >> How about the "..h" suffix, e.g., stdlib..h? Do we care enough >> abou

Re: underscores in gnulib file names

2007-09-07 Thread Paul Eggert
Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I admit that .eh seems a little odd, and would > require everyone to teach their editor about the new suffix. True; that's a pain. > How about the "..h" suffix, e.g., stdlib..h? Do we care enough > about 8.3 limitations to worry about that? I don't th

Re: underscores in gnulib file names

2007-09-07 Thread Jim Meyering
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl Berry) wrote: > I see it's not specifically mentioned in standards.info. > Maybe someone will add it, there. > > "someone" = mail bug-standards, preferably with a patch, and I will > raise it with rms. That is, if we really want it. Thanks. > At least those pa

Re: underscores in gnulib file names

2007-09-07 Thread Karl Berry
I see it's not specifically mentioned in standards.info. Maybe someone will add it, there. "someone" = mail bug-standards, preferably with a patch, and I will raise it with rms. That is, if we really want it. At least those particular cases don't bother me as much as say, foo_bar

Re: underscores in gnulib file names

2007-09-07 Thread Bruno Haible
Eric Blake wrote: > But editors (at least good ones, including vi, emacs, and kate) can be > taught about new suffixes, and once taught, will treat .eh like .h. Solving a problem for yourself is one thing; solving it for all the people who look at the gnulib sources from outside is another. I did

Re: problem with #include_next in /usr/include/idn-int.h

2007-09-07 Thread Simon Josefsson
I installed the patch. /Simon Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How about this patch? I'm not sure where a good place to add this is, > or whether it should use a @subsection or something. But the important > thing is to say something similar somewhere. > > /Simon > > --- stdint.te