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Re: URL syntax (was: Re: Tramp, "[]" in file names, and file-expand-wild
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Per Abrahamsen |
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Re: URL syntax (was: Re: Tramp, "[]" in file names, and file-expand-wildcards) |
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Wed, 17 Oct 2001 16:20:55 +0200 |
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Dave Love <address@hidden> writes:
>>>>>> "PA" == Per Abrahamsen <address@hidden> writes:
>
> PA> Yes, that was basically the idea. So the idea was to swicth to
> PA> URL syntax for everything bul local filenames, in particular ftp.
>
> Including escaping non-URL characters?
If you mean accepting %-escapes: yes.
If you mean not accepting non-URL characters that are accepted by most
applications that prompt the user for an URL: no.
Or did you mean something third?
> What about the other cases of filename quoting (`/:')?
I don't think that conflicts with the URL syntax. A valid URL can't
start with "/:".
> PA> An additional advantage is that there are standards covering most
> PA> of what we want to do,
>
> Specifically not rcp access...
True, but the basic URL spec will at least provide much of the
structure for such a method.
> As far as I know, character encoding issues aren't usefully addressed
> yet, or are they?
If nothing useful is specified, Emacs can continue to do as it does
now.
- Re: Tramp, "[]" in file names, and file-expand-wildcards, (continued)
URL syntax (was: Re: Tramp, "[]" in file names, and file-expand-wildcards), Per Abrahamsen, 2001/10/09
- Re: URL syntax (was: Re: Tramp, "[]" in file names, and file-expand-wildcards), Kai Großjohann, 2001/10/09
- Re: URL syntax (was: Re: Tramp, "[]" in file names, and file-expand-wildcards), Per Abrahamsen, 2001/10/09
- Re: URL syntax (was: Re: Tramp, "[]" in file names, and file-expand-wildcards), Dave Love, 2001/10/17
- Re: URL syntax (was: Re: Tramp, "[]" in file names, and file-expand-wildcards),
Per Abrahamsen <=
Re: URL syntax (was: Re: Tramp, "[]" in file names, and file-expand-wildcards), Dave Love, 2001/10/17