On Sunday 14 January 2007 21:06, J Sloan wrote: > Randall R Schulz wrote: > ... > > > Windows doesn't care whether you use forward or backward slashes. > > They both work in most contexts. > > hmm, didn't know that changed. So it's sort of like the upper/lower > case distinction - unix cares, and microsoft doesn't.
Actually, that's not strictly true, either, but while the forward vs. backward slash things is always available, case sensitivity is an option that has to be enabled--I forget if it's per-application or system-wide (Cygwin can enable it), but I think it's more trouble than it's worth. > >>> I find myself at work typing things like "/e/stuff/morestuff" > >>> when I meant "e:\stuff\morestuff" all the time. The paradigm > >>> just flows. :) > >> > >> In linux, I let the tab key complete my sentences... > > > > Get Cygwin (<http://cygwin.com/>). Your Linux habits will be well > > catered to there. It has symlinks, so you can (and I always do) set > > up links in / for the drive letters, just like your /e/stuff/... > > example. It has BASH so command completion is supported. There's a > > full complement of Gnu tools and lots of other open source > > packages. > > Yeah, I've heard that mentioned in positive terms many times by those > chained to windoze. But for me, there really wouldn't be much point. > I do all my work and play in linux, by choice. I thought you just said you use Windows at work... Oh, wait. I guess I'm misinterpreting the quoting. I guess my Cygwin recommendation is to Mark W. > Joe RRS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
