Hi Devon, I believe starting with WindowsXP SP3 (correct me if I'm wrong, I'm now using Windows 7 Ultimate), the double-backslash is now a valid path entry. Try the following path in the command prompt cd c:\\windows\\system32
r/Alex -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Devon McCormick Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 11:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Jbeta] Backward compatibility and backslashes Hi - I'm trying to catch up on J7.01 so we can talk about it at NYCJUG next week. In my usual fashion, I'm trying to get the console to run under emacs. I've also copied the "Addons" directory over from 6.02 to have those scripts available. While dealing with the oddities I've dealt with before - the USERFOLDERS_j_ variable has to be created and such - I noticed that SYSTEMFOLDERS_j_ has an entry for 'gtk' that has a doubled backslash, e.g. C:\Program Files\j701\system\extras\\util\gtk . While this has no effect I know of, it probably should be corrected. I like the idea of using forward slash as the universal path separator - this eases at least one cross-platform issue. I notice Cygwin does this too - they claim it's ISO - so I guess that's a good thing. I look forward to diving into this. Regards, Devon -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
