[plt-scheme] PLaneT messing up docs

From: Eli Barzilay (eli at barzilay.org)
Date: Thu Jul 31 23:16:36 EDT 2008

On Jul 31, Robby Findler wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 8:33 PM, Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> wrote:
> > On Jul 31, Robby Findler wrote:
> >> My best thought is that the various tools that look into
> >> subdirectoires should complain if they find a "reserved name". For
> >> example if you tried to define your scribblings directory to be
> >> "doc" scribble would complain. (I'm not sure if this will work in
> >> general, tho.)
> >
> > I don't think it will.  One of these tools is packing a plt file.
> > Currently it just ignores "compiled" and "doc" -- and what you suggest
> > means that you'll need to remove these directories before packing if
> > you want to avoid the complaint.
> 
> I didn't consider that one of the tools that would complain. I mean
> things where one specifies a directory. Those would all check to see
> if the directory's name is legal.

IIUC, the only such check is for the `scribbling' entry, which seems
arbitrary if it's the only one checked.

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