bug#53638: [PATCH] newsticker better path handling and data storage

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 20:09:58 +0000
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> "Lars Ingebrigtsen" <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> 
> > Can you rework the patch to use
> > `expand-file-name', which is how file names are supposed to be constructed?
> 
> I've refactored it to use `expand-file-name' and `file-name-concat'. It
> appears the current convention (correct me if I'm wrong) is to use
> `expand-file-name' for joining only one path and one directory, and
> `file-name-concat' for multiple together.

No, you can chain calls to expand-file-name as you need:

  (expand-file-name "foo" (expand-file-name "bar" my-directory))