Paul Kinnucan wrote:
>
> At 10:33 PM 6/6/2001 -0700, Ben Wing wrote:
>
> >Paul Kinnucan wrote:
> > >
> > > At 08:37 AM 6/6/2001 -0600, Brad Porter wrote:
> > > >Hello. I am finding that I have to modify 'jde-compile.el' in order to
> > > >get the JDK " -d " option to work correctly under cygwin.
> > >
> > > I set directory-path-sep to ?/ in my .emacs file for the rare times I use
> > > XEmacs (for testing JDE compatibility).This eliminates the need for
> > > quoting. Note that the default separator under NT/Emacs is forward slash.
> >
> >is this change required for jde to work in xemacs?
>
> Presently yes, but not in the next release.
>
> >i certainly hope not.
>
> Why?
a package that requires a non-standard setting of an application is not a
well-behaved package.
i'm glad you've fixed jde to work with either directory-path-sep, and hopefully
we can work together to get the new version in xemacs.
> I systematically use forward slashes as the path separator on
> Windows and I have never experienced the slightest problem in doing so. On
> the other hand, I regularly get email from new users who think they have to
> use backslashes in paths on Windows and who are unaware that back slash is
> the Emacs string escape character. This result is that they innocently put
> things like
>
> (setq jde-compile-option-directory "c:\foo\bar")
>
> in their .emacs file and are puzzled by the result ("c:foobar").
>
> I applaud your determination to make XEmacs a native Windows application.
> However, I think in this case you are mistaken on two counts. First,
> forward slash is a legitimate Windows path separator so making it the
> default sep character in no way violates your goal. On the other hand,.
> making back slash the default sep character conflicts with the established
> Emacs meaning of backslash, which is escape the next character. This
> creates endless headaches for new users and for people who have to support
> them.
>
> - Paul
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