* notes/exit-value: Remove specific discussion of VMS.
* doc/emacs/programs.texi (Program Modes): Don't advertise VMS DCL support
any more.
* doc/misc/ediff.texi (Merging and diff3): Don't mention lack of support
for VMS diff, we no longer support VMS.
* lisp/progmodes/ada-mode.el:
* lisp/net/tramp.el (tramp-handle-file-symlink-p):
* lisp/net/tramp-ftp.el (tramp-ftp-file-name-handler): Remove a comment
about VMS, which we no longer support.
* lisp/progmodes/ada-xref.el (ada-xref-current): Remove mention of VMS,
and fix a FIXME, using convert-standard-filename in place of
removed ada-convert-file-name.
* lisp/url/url-handlers.el: Remove a comment about VMS, which we no longer
support.
+2014-08-07 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
+
+ * notes/exit-value: Remove specific discussion of VMS.
+
2014-08-07 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
Refer to MS-DOS using the same name everywhere.
ttn 2004-05-09
-The exit value of a program returning to the shell on unixoid systems is
-typically 0 for success, and non-0 (such as 1) for failure. For vms it is
-odd (1,3,5...) for success, even (0,2,4...) for failure.
-
-This holds from the point of view of the "shell" (in quotes because vms has a
-different dispatch model that is not explained further here).
-
-From the point of view of the program, nowadays stdlib.h on both type of
-systems provides macros `EXIT_SUCCESS' and `EXIT_FAILURE' that should DTRT.
-
-NB: The numerical values of these macros DO NOT need to fulfill the exit
-value requirements outlined in the first paragraph! That is the job of the
+The exit value of a program returning to the shell on unixoid systems
+is typically 0 for success, and non-0 (such as 1) for failure. This is
+not always the case on other systems.
+
+From the point of view of the program stdlib.h provides macros
+`EXIT_SUCCESS' and `EXIT_FAILURE' that should DTRT. N.B. The
+numerical values of these macros DO NOT need to fulfill the exit value
+requirements outlined in the first paragraph! That is the job of the
`exit' function. Thus, this kind of construct shows misunderstanding:
- #ifdef VMS
+ #ifdef WEIRD_OS
exit (1);
#else
exit (0);
#endif
-Values aside from EXIT_SUCCESS and EXIT_FAILURE are tricky.
-
-
-
-ttn 2004-05-12
+Values aside from EXIT_SUCCESS and EXIT_FAILURE are tricky, but can be
+used to indicate finer gradations of failure. If this is the only
+information available to the caller, clamping such values to
+EXIT_FAILURE loses information. If there are other ways to indicate
+the problem to the caller (such as a message to stderr) it may be ok
+to clamp. In all cases, it is the relationship between the program
+and its caller that must be examined.
-Values aside from EXIT_SUCCESS and EXIT_FAILURE can be used to indicate
-finer gradations of failure. If this is the only information available
-to the caller, clamping such values to EXIT_FAILURE loses information.
-If there are other ways to indicate the problem to the caller (such as
-a message to stderr) it may be ok to clamp. In all cases, it is the
-relationship between the program and its caller that must be examined.
-[Insert ZAMM quote here.]
+[Insert ZAMM quote here.] <-- I presume this refers to ``Zen and the
+Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'' - Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>.
+2014-08-07 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
+
+ * programs.texi (Program Modes): Don't advertise VMS DCL support
+ any more.
+
2014-08-07 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
Refer to MS-DOS using the same name everywhere.
Octave, Pascal, Perl, Pike, PostScript, Prolog, Python, Ruby, Simula, Tcl,
and VHDL@. An alternative mode for Perl is called CPerl mode. Modes are
also available for the scripting languages of the common GNU and Unix
-shells, VMS DCL, and MS-DOS/MS-Windows @samp{BAT} files, and for
-makefiles, DNS master files, and various sorts of configuration files.
+shells, and MS-DOS/MS-Windows @samp{BAT} files, and for makefiles,
+DNS master files, and various sorts of configuration files.
Ideally, Emacs should have a major mode for each programming
language that you might want to edit. If it doesn't have a mode for
+2014-08-07 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
+
+ * ediff.texi (Merging and diff3): Don't mention lack of support
+ for VMS diff, we no longer support VMS.
+
2014-08-07 Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
* tramp.texi (Remote shell setup): Explain, how to change command
to find differences between two files. They process the @code{diff} output
and display it in a convenient form. At present, Ediff understands only
the plain output from diff. Options such as @samp{-c} are not supported,
-nor is the format produced by incompatible file comparison programs such as
-the VMS version of @code{diff}.
+nor is the format produced by incompatible file comparison programs.
The functions @code{ediff-files}, @code{ediff-buffers},
@code{ediff-files3}, @code{ediff-buffers3} first display the coarse,
@end table
-@noindent
-@strong{Warning:} Ediff does not support the output format of VMS
-@code{diff}. Instead, make sure you are using some implementation of POSIX
-@code{diff}, such as @code{gnudiff}.
-
@node Merging and diff3
@section Merging and diff3
+2014-08-07 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
+
+ * progmodes/ada-mode.el:
+ * net/tramp.el (tramp-handle-file-symlink-p):
+ * net/tramp-ftp.el (tramp-ftp-file-name-handler): Remove a comment
+ about VMS, which we no longer support.
+ * progmodes/ada-xref.el (ada-xref-current): Remove mention of VMS,
+ and fix a FIXME, using convert-standard-filename in place of
+ removed ada-convert-file-name.
+
+2014-08-07 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+ * files.el (auto-mode-alist): Remove support for VMS from a
+ pattern.
+
2014-08-07 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
Refer to MS-DOS using the same name everywhere.
("\\.wy\\'" . wisent-grammar-mode)
;; .emacs or .gnus or .viper following a directory delimiter in
;; Unix or MS-DOS syntax.
- ("[]>:/\\]\\..*\\(emacs\\|gnus\\|viper\\)\\'" . emacs-lisp-mode)
+ ("[:/\\]\\..*\\(emacs\\|gnus\\|viper\\)\\'" . emacs-lisp-mode)
("\\`\\..*emacs\\'" . emacs-lisp-mode)
;; _emacs following a directory delimiter in MS-DOS syntax
("[:/]_emacs\\'" . emacs-lisp-mode)
(ignore-errors (delete-file tmpfile)))))
;; Normally, the handlers must be discarded.
- ;; `inhibit-file-name-handlers' isn't sufficient, because the
- ;; local file name could be in Tramp syntax as well (for
- ;; example, returning VMS file names like "/DISK$CAM:/AAA").
- ;; That's why we set also `tramp-mode' to nil.
- (t (let* (;(tramp-mode nil)
- (inhibit-file-name-handlers
+ (t (let* ((inhibit-file-name-handlers
(list 'tramp-file-name-handler
'tramp-completion-file-name-handler
(and (eq inhibit-file-name-operation operation)
(with-parsed-tramp-file-name filename nil
(let ((x (car (file-attributes filename))))
(when (stringp x)
- ;; When Tramp is running on VMS, then `file-name-absolute-p'
- ;; might do weird things.
(if (file-name-absolute-p x)
(tramp-make-tramp-file-name method user host x)
x)))))
;; independent from the GNU Ada compiler GNAT, distributed by Ada
;; Core Technologies. All the other files rely heavily on features
;; provided only by GNAT.
-;;
-;; Note: this mode will not work with Emacs 19. If you are on a VMS
-;; system, where the latest version of Emacs is 19.28, you will need
-;; another file, called ada-vms.el, that provides some required
-;; functions.
;;; Usage:
;; Emacs should enter Ada mode automatically when you load an Ada file.
(find-file (car (cdr pos)))
(goto-char (car pos)))))
-(defun ada-convert-file-name (name)
- "Convert from NAME to a name that can be used by the compilation commands.
-This is overridden on VMS to convert from VMS filenames to Unix filenames."
- name)
-;; FIXME: use convert-standard-filename instead
-
(defun ada-set-default-project-file (file)
"Set FILE as the current project file."
(interactive "fProject file:")
(get-file-buffer ali-file-name))
(kill-buffer (get-file-buffer ali-file-name)))
- (let* ((name (ada-convert-file-name file))
+ (let* ((name (convert-standard-filename file))
(body-name (or (ada-get-body-name name) name)))
;; Always recompile the body when we can. We thus temporarily switch to a
+2014-08-07 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
+
+ * url-handlers.el: Remove a comment about VMS, which we no longer
+ support.
+
2014-08-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Don't mishandle dates in the year 9999 (Bug#18176).
;; delete-directory Finished (DAV)
;; delete-file Finished (DAV)
;; diff-latest-backup-file
-;; directory-file-name unnecessary (what about VMS)?
+;; directory-file-name unnecessary
;; directory-files Finished (DAV)
;; dired-call-process
;; dired-compress-file