> From: Paul Smith <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:41:01 -0500 > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Since an escaped character is just that character, "\f" is just "f", and > the expected result is "\foobar".
But on Windows, `\' is a directory separator character, so if "\f" would result in just "f", the luser who uses backslashes in file names would lose. Thus this ``feature''. Mark, is there some real-life situation where this gives you trouble? If so, can you please describe that situation? _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
