Re: Foreign file names on MS-Windows

[Stefan Monnier]

>> >> I.e. why fiddle with Vw32_downcase_file_names?
>> 
>> > Because 8+3 aliases are reported in all caps, as the comment says, so
>> > instead of "some foreign file name.mp3" you get something like
>> > "ABCDE~45.MP3", and I fear that not every alist in Emacs that supports
>> > file recognition by extension includes both lower- and upper-case
>> > variants.  Also, lower-casing the 8+3 aliases makes them slightly less
>> > ugly, IMO.
>> 
>> The ugliness factor is irrelevant: those files are ugly anyway, and
>> having them in all-caps makes it arguably (to me) more clear what's
>> going on.
>> 
>> But the issue of recognition of all-caps extension is a good argument,
>> that's the one that should be in the comment.

> Is it worth the trouble to downcase only the extension?

I never suggested such a thing.  I just meant to say that downcasing is
worthwhile because of the extension-matching done in the likes of
auto-mode-alist, but these don't only work on the extension anyway.
I.e. your code is fine, it's just the comment that doesn't give the good
reason for it.


        Stefan