You are correct, the forward slash is a leftover from a time when SmartCAM supported both UNIX and DOS/Windows versions. I've found that when used in a path string, SmartCAM will treat both forward and backward slashes equally. This was done to keep all the support files transportable between platforms. If you use the visual CTK you'll notice that many of the .pcb files shipped with SmartCAM use the forward slash in the macro path string.
============================================= Fred Lauzus, CAM Programming Coordinator High Steel Structures, Incorporated mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.highsteel.com ============================================= -----Original Message----- From: Glawe, Chuck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 11:20 AM To: 'Michael Gailey'; Pete Ruehle; SMARTCAM Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] font file not found The forward slash (/) is used in Unix as a directory separator. The backslash I believe came from the CPM language that DOS was patterned after. (My computer history is somewhat limited before 1974.) -----Original Message----- From: Michael Gailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 10:07 AM To: Pete Ruehle; SMARTCAM Subject: Re: [mfg-smartcam] font file not found Where did these forward slashes ( /shared/fonts/afont.sh2) originate? A DOS path statement should be using back slashes like in the (C:\SM11\SHARED\FONTS\AFONT.SH2) shouldn't it? Michael Pete Ruehle wrote: > Whenever I use the text command in pmill11.5, the default path and font is > ./shared/fonts/afont.sh2. After completing all the other req'd fields, I > get the following error: > > (../shared/fonts/afont.sh2) > 2561: THIS FILE WAS NOT FOUND > > I must then use the "file select option" in the text dialog and navigate to > the \sm11\shared\fonts folder. > > In the paths section in my pmill.ini I have the following: > > fnt=C:\SM11\SHARED\FONTS\AFONT.SH2 > > Any ideas? > ====================================================================== > To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, > send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ====================================================================== -- Visit our Programming website at http://www.microsystemsgeorgia.com/toc.htm Email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================================================================== ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================================================================== ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
