Bug#448586: No such file or directory misleading
I don't quite get why it would be a shock as you can still create the necessary directories before trying to save a second time... Not e.g., if you don't have permissions to write where you intended. You now are in the perilous state of have a lot of code typed and not saved and waiting for you to figure out where you now would like to instead save it, whereupon the phone rings, your ride arrives, and before your return the janitor has unplugged the computer, etc., and you don't know the vi-recover procedure, etc. All of which could have been avoided if we knew we didn't own the land before we started building our house. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#448586: No such file or directory misleading
Package: general Severity: wishlist This message made by several programs is misleading: # ed /etc/fonts/conf.d/61-traditional.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/61-traditional.conf: No such file or directory q # ls /etc/fonts/conf.d/61-traditional.conf ls: /etc/fonts/conf.d/61-traditional.conf: No such file or directory It should be just no such file as indeed there is such a directory: # ls -d /etc/fonts/conf.d/ /etc/fonts/conf.d/ It must be some C library message. Please reassign this bug for me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#448586: No such file or directory misleading
Hi, On 2007-10-30 09:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message made by several programs is misleading: # ed /etc/fonts/conf.d/61-traditional.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/61-traditional.conf: No such file or directory I don't agree. # ls /etc/fonts/conf.d/61-traditional.conf ls: /etc/fonts/conf.d/61-traditional.conf: No such file or directory It should be just no such file as indeed there is such a directory: There is a directory named /etc/fonts/conf.d/61-traditional.conf? I don't think so, at least not on your system, according to the above. Background: Since there is no 61-traditional.conf in /etc/fonts/conf.d, who can tell whether that should be a file or a directory (or a pipe, or a socket, or a device, or whatever else)? Thus the general message. Benjamin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#448586: No such file or directory misleading
I guess what bothers me is # ed /etc/fonts/conf.d/61-traditional.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/61-traditional.conf: No such file or directory makes me need to check do I need to create the directory? instead of just proceeding to edit the file. $ vi /zzz/qqq is worse. It only checks when it's time to write the file! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#448586: No such file or directory misleading
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess what bothers me is # ed /etc/fonts/conf.d/61-traditional.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/61-traditional.conf: No such file or directory makes me need to check do I need to create the directory? instead of just proceeding to edit the file. $ vi /zzz/qqq is worse. It only checks when it's time to write the file! You can still create the necessary directories before closing the editor if writing the file doesn't succeed... Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#448586: No such file or directory misleading
LC You can still create the necessary directories before closing the LC editor if writing the file doesn't succeed... Yes, but it is quite a shock to learn at that late stage. Now #448593. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#448586: No such file or directory misleading
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LC You can still create the necessary directories before closing the LC editor if writing the file doesn't succeed... Yes, but it is quite a shock to learn at that late stage. Now #448593. Before being sure you're going to save the file, it's not necessary to check if it can be saved IMHO. I don't quite get why it would be a shock as you can still create the necessary directories before trying to save a second time... Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
