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.
I think it was a mistake on the part of the NT/XEmacs developers to make
the default separator a back slash. First, there was no need to do it as
Windows applications don't care whether the slash is forward or backward.
Secondly, it makes life difficult for users who uses applications, such as
bash, that treat the forward slash as an escape character.
- Paul
