Re: Niche for Hurd - discussion - the power of translators

[Samuel Thibault]

Thomas Schwinge, le Thu 13 Nov 2008 23:50:42 +0100, a écrit :
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 03:58:39AM +0100, olafBuddenhagen@gmx.net wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 05:43:48PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > > Arne Babenhauserheide, le Wed 29 Oct 2008 17:35:16 +0100, a écrit :
> > > > Transparent ftp out of the box would be a cool feature, too. 
> > 
> >    settrans -c /ftp: /hurd/hostmux /hurd/ftpfs /
> 
> When you have a node `ftp:' in your current working directory, then I
> agree with that name, as you can then indeed use
> `ftp://WHEREVER/WHATEVER'-style ``URL''s.  But as soon as it's no longer
> in the CWD, wouldn't it be better to leave out the colon and use `/ftp'?
> Analogous to the already-established `/afs', for example.

It's easier to type "something /" and then paste an FTP URL than pasting
an FTP URL and then fix the colon.

Samuel