Re: How to change '\\' to '\'

2018-10-02 Thread Michael Torrie
On 10/02/2018 12:48 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: > Even for two-person, private email discussions I prefer the interleaved > replies -- in a week when I have to remind myself what was discussed it > is much easier to comprehend. Absolutely. I've been saved from embarrassment countless times because w

Re: How to change '\\' to '\'

2018-10-02 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 12:05 AM Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > > On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 10:17:27 +0800, Jach Fong > declaimed the following: > > > >It was supposed that most discussant want to see the reply message > >instantly when they open the mail. They already know what is going on > >and no need to

Re: How to change '\\' to '\'

2018-10-01 Thread Ethan Furman
On 10/01/2018 11:10 PM, Christian Gollwitzer wrote: Am 02.10.18 um 04:17 schrieb Jach Fong: It was supposed that most discussant want to see the reply message instantly when they open the mail. They already know what is going on and no need to pass through all those previous message. "top post

Re: How to change '\\' to '\'

2018-10-01 Thread Christian Gollwitzer
Am 02.10.18 um 04:17 schrieb Jach Fong: It was supposed that most discussant want to see the reply message instantly when they open the mail. They already know what is going on and no need to pass through all those previous message. "top posting" seems more reasonable to me:-) You assume that e

Re: How to change '\\' to '\'

2018-10-01 Thread William Ray Wing via Python-list
> On Oct 1, 2018, at 10:17 PM, Jach Fong wrote: > > Thanks for your info about how Windows supports the forward slash. > > I don't quit sure what is the meaning of "top posting" in your mail. > If its meaning (forgive me if I was wrong) is where the reply was put > in mail, I have reason of st

Re: How to change '\\' to '\'

2018-10-01 Thread Jach Fong
Thanks for your info about how Windows supports the forward slash. I don't quit sure what is the meaning of "top posting" in your mail. If its meaning (forgive me if I was wrong) is where the reply was put in mail, I have reason of standing on the opposite side. It was supposed that most discuss

Re: How to change '\\' to '\'

2018-10-01 Thread mm0fmf
On 01/10/2018 10:19, Jach Fong wrote: Hmmm...strange, I didn't see Rick's mail:-( Sure the forward slash is better, not to cause this confusion. But I am curious, since when, I mean, since which version Windows start to accept forward slash? First, stop top posting. Second, ISTR that all Win

Re: How to change '\\' to '\'

2018-10-01 Thread Peter J. Holzer
On 2018-10-01 17:19:25 +0800, Jach Fong wrote: > Sure the forward slash is better, not to cause this confusion. > But I am curious, since when, I mean, since which version > Windows start to accept forward slash? Since MS-DOS 2.0, i.e., before Windows even existed. Note that this is only true for

Re: How to change '\\' to '\'

2018-10-01 Thread Thomas Jollans
On 2018-10-01 11:19, Jach Fong wrote: > Hmmm...strange, I didn't see Rick's mail:-( That's because he's banned from the list, but still around on the newsgroup > Sure the forward slash is better, not to cause this confusion. > But I am curious, since when, I mean, since which version > Windows st

Re: How to change '\\' to '\'

2018-10-01 Thread Jach Fong
Hmmm...strange, I didn't see Rick's mail:-( Sure the forward slash is better, not to cause this confusion. But I am curious, since when, I mean, since which version Windows start to accept forward slash? --Jach Alister ware via Python-list at 2018/10/1 PM 04:15 wrote: On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 17:45

Re: How to change '\\' to '\'

2018-10-01 Thread Alister ware via Python-list
On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 17:45:52 -0700, Rick Johnson wrote: > Jach Fong wrote: >> I get a string item, for example path[0], from path = >> os.get_exec_path() >> It's something like "\\Borland\\Bcc55\\Include", a Python string. >> I want to use this "string" in a subprocess command as a parameter. >> O

Re: How to change '\\' to '\'

2018-09-28 Thread Jach Fong
Yes, you are right, it's just the way Python display the '\'. Thank you. Gregory Ewing at 2018/9/28 PM 02:02 wrote: Jach Fong wrote: I get a string item, for example path[0], from path = os.get_exec_path() It's something like "\\Borland\\Bcc55\\Include" It doesn't actually have double backsla

Re: How to change '\\' to '\'

2018-09-27 Thread Gregory Ewing
Jach Fong wrote: I get a string item, for example path[0], from path = os.get_exec_path() It's something like "\\Borland\\Bcc55\\Include" It doesn't actually have double backslashes in it, that's just a result of how the string is being displayed. No conversion is needed. -- Greg -- https://ma

How to change '\\' to '\'

2018-09-27 Thread Jach Fong
I get a string item, for example path[0], from path = os.get_exec_path() It's something like "\\Borland\\Bcc55\\Include", a Python string. I want to use this "string" in a subprocess command as a parameter. Obviously this command can only recognize "\Borland\Bcc55\Include". I know there must have