From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22876 invoked by alias); 8 Aug 2013 19:50:10 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 22837 invoked by uid 89); 8 Aug 2013 19:50:08 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_W,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_WL,RDNS_NONE,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.1 Received: from Unknown (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Thu, 08 Aug 2013 19:50:08 +0000 Received: from int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r78JnsiW012090 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 8 Aug 2013 15:49:54 -0400 Received: from barimba (ovpn-113-128.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.128]) by int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id r78Jnr7G001506 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 8 Aug 2013 15:49:54 -0400 From: Tom Tromey To: Pedro Alves Cc: Azat Khuzhin , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Show (tilde-)expanded filenames to the user? References: <1375909475-16720-1-git-send-email-a3at.mail@gmail.com> <5203D88C.8060801@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 19:50:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <5203D88C.8060801@redhat.com> (Pedro Alves's message of "Thu, 08 Aug 2013 18:42:36 +0100") Message-ID: <87ppto3qu7.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2013-08/txt/msg00253.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Pedro" == Pedro Alves writes: Pedro> But, I think we should have a policy here, and all commands Pedro> should follow it. Those that don't would be considered Pedro> bugs. The question then is, which policy is most appropriate? Pedro> grepping around for "tilde_expand", it seems to be the Pedro> showing expanded filenames is more common. I tend to think that showing the expanded name is best. My reason is that this way the user sees what actually happened. Tom