On Mon 04 Feb 2008 (18:38 +0100), Massimiliano Maini wrote: > Michael Petch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/02/2008 17:39:58: > > I?m not a python guy but in Python I am pretty sure that \ is an > > escape character like c/c++ . I am wondering if that is the reason > > for this error? > > Not sure, but not being an expert neither ...
yes, it is > > Out of curiousity under windows ? What environment do you build > > with. Ming, MSVC, cygwin? > > Mingw. > > > I did a MING build of the Win GUI last > > night and didn?t see this issue with test (Although I was using > > Python2.5). > > I'm using 2.5 too. > > > I did find one bug relating to windows and the new sound > > option screen (Where you choose files for each sound). Under windows > > the path separators are \ instead of unix where they are /. If you > > go into the sound screen make a minor change and then save settings > > you?ll get a ?sound file not found? type error. This was a minor fix > > in the sound code (Changing separator). > > I think that the \ vs / issue can be solved (and is mostly solved in > gnubg) with > proper coding. Fact is that conding cross-platform is a bit of a pain and > sometimes > bugs like this just slip in. Simple solution, use forward slashes. Windows accepts them just fine: "C:/Documents and Settings/something/or another" is a valid windows path Otherwise you need "C:\\Documents and Settings\\something\\or another" -- Jim Segrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Bug-gnubg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg
