Re: [patch] IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH to handle both DOS and POSIX path st yles

Daniel Jacobowitz
2008-01-07T13:17:15Z

On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 06:20:29AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> We must have a way for a user on a Posix system to have file names
> with `\' or `:'. It is IMO unacceptable to say that these cases,
> however corner, are simply not supported. Other packages, such as
> Bash, do give you a way of having them, albeit an inconvenient way.

Can you suggest one that does not break these more common cases?

Perhaps a tri-state option...

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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