On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 17:24:22 +0300 Stavros Giannouris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Skiping the rest, as I am not annoyed anyway, ;^) > > On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:09:48 +0200 > Jannis Pohlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 13:49:34 +0200 > > samuel verstraete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > 3. a tag can contain characters that are nog allowed in a > > > filename... f.e. "?" ... and it happen to be that this ?-sign is > > > in a lot of my tags or so it seems > > > > "?" is allowed in filenames. You just have to escape it when working > > on the shell. Some people might want to use it (e.g. there may be > > song titles like "Guess what?"). If I would disallow "?", I'd also > > have to replace spaces because they have to be escaped in the > > shell, too. > > > > The point is that there are certain Operating Systems, and their > filesystems (that shall remain nameless) that do not allow certain > characters, and bitch about it in almost every occasion. If they find > such a file (f.e. in a samba share), they pretend it doesn't exist. > > I am sure that many people would like to remain compatible to that, > for many reasons, like because they are forced to work in such > enviroments. That's no problem. Just search for a good tag editor (which allows you to change a lot of files in a fast way) and fix the tags. Anyway, if there's a list of absolutely incompatible chars, I might consider replacing them with underscores (which again not everyone likes). - Jannis
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