Re: canonicalize_file_name should support win32 shortcuts

[Sam Steingold]

Hi Bruno,

On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> The feature request is a bit odd, because it mixes the notion of
> "native Windows" and Cygwin. Cygwin is a platform that runs inside Windows.
> When you build mingw programs, and redistribute them, they are meant to
> run in a native Windows environment, in which no Cygwin symlinks exist.

I have not seen a windows machine without cygwin for longer than it
took me to install it.
CLISP understands those "/cygdrive/c/autoexec.bat" pathnames just
fine, and understanding symlinks is just another step forward.

> Other non-Cygwin applications don't understand Cygwin symlinks either.

Emacs understands the cygdrive pathnames and I am sure it will
appreciate an opportunity to understand symlinks as well.

-- 
Sam Steingold <http://sds.podval.org>