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Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X
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Stephen J. Turnbull |
Subject: |
Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:36:29 +0900 |
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>>>>> "rms" == Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
However, matching is
! implementation-dependent, and often inaccurate, when wildcards match
! dashes in a long name. It works best if you supply all 14 dashes.
rms> The first sentence seems to imply that wildcards are so
rms> unreliable that you should never use them. It is clearer to
rms> say
No, it's not. On some platforms, wildcards that match dashes _are_ so
inaccurate that you should never use them in production code. Luc
gave an example. However, it may be convenient for interactive or
one-shot code use, or if it works in an init file.
rms> However, matching is implementation-dependent, and can
rms> be inaccurate when wildcards match dashes in a long name.
rms> For reliable results, supply all 14 dashes and use wildcards
rms> only within a field.
The second sentence is a distinct improvement (especially as it
implies partial matching in a field, which often is useful, such as
...-jisx0208*-0 to catch names which specify the year of the
standard), but I recommend that the first sentence be left as is.
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- Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X, (continued)
- Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X, Luc Teirlinck, 2003/09/19
- Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X, Luc Teirlinck, 2003/09/19
- Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X, Richard Stallman, 2003/09/20
- Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X, Luc Teirlinck, 2003/09/20
- Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X, Luc Teirlinck, 2003/09/20
- Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X, Luc Teirlinck, 2003/09/19
- Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X, Luc Teirlinck, 2003/09/19
- Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X, Richard Stallman, 2003/09/20
- Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X, Luc Teirlinck, 2003/09/20
- Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X, Richard Stallman, 2003/09/20
- Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X,
Stephen J. Turnbull <=
- Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X, Luc Teirlinck, 2003/09/22
- Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X, Luc Teirlinck, 2003/09/22
- Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X, Luc Teirlinck, 2003/09/22
- Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X, Luc Teirlinck, 2003/09/19
- Re: Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X, Richard Stallman, 2003/09/18
Setting font to Lucida Grande on Mac OS X, Sancho Neves-Graca, 2003/09/14