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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable direc
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tomas |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories |
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Tue, 27 Apr 2004 10:30:46 +0200 |
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On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 05:17:20PM +0200, Nikolai Weibull wrote:
> * Tom Lord <address@hidden> [Apr 26, 2004 17:00]:
> > In fact, it's just the opposite. We've reached agreement.
>
> I don't want to ruin this now, but how about putting file and directory
> names within quotes, like `%s' as many other GNU utilities do? [...]
Nits about backticks and accents aside, it's still a good idea to
delimit the filename (or any other string coming from outside).
Leading and trailing whitespace is more visible this way.
And if the convention is backtick and quote -- well, why not?
Who cares whether it comes from TeX or TROFF ;-)
ASCII doesn't offer better. I wouldn't mind real single quotes
whenever we know we are Unicode...
regards
-- tomás
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, Andrew Suffield, 2004/04/26
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, Nikolai Weibull, 2004/04/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, Andrew Suffield, 2004/04/26
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: Re: [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, Nikolai Weibull, 2004/04/27
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: Re: [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, Andrew Suffield, 2004/04/27
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: Re: Re: [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, Nikolai Weibull, 2004/04/27
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, Matthieu Moy, 2004/04/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, Michael Poole, 2004/04/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, Andrew Suffield, 2004/04/27
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2004/04/28
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories,
tomas <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, Tom Lord, 2004/04/27
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, Nikolai Weibull, 2004/04/27
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, tomas, 2004/04/28
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, Andre Majorel, 2004/04/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, Michael Poole, 2004/04/26
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, Matthieu Moy, 2004/04/25
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories, Aaron Bentley, 2004/04/25