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Re: [Bug-gnubg] Last changes
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Jim Segrave |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-gnubg] Last changes |
Date: |
Tue, 5 Feb 2008 23:00:23 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) |
On Mon 04 Feb 2008 (18:38 +0100), Massimiliano Maini wrote:
> Michael Petch <address@hidden> wrote on 04/02/2008 17:39:58:
> > I?m not a python guy but in Python I am pretty sure that \ is an
> > escape character like c/c++ . I am wondering if that is the reason
> > for this error?
>
> Not sure, but not being an expert neither ...
yes, it is
> > Out of curiousity under windows ? What environment do you build
> > with. Ming, MSVC, cygwin?
>
> Mingw.
>
> > I did a MING build of the Win GUI last
> > night and didn?t see this issue with test (Although I was using
> > Python2.5).
>
> I'm using 2.5 too.
>
> > I did find one bug relating to windows and the new sound
> > option screen (Where you choose files for each sound). Under windows
> > the path separators are \ instead of unix where they are /. If you
> > go into the sound screen make a minor change and then save settings
> > you?ll get a ?sound file not found? type error. This was a minor fix
> > in the sound code (Changing separator).
>
> I think that the \ vs / issue can be solved (and is mostly solved in
> gnubg) with
> proper coding. Fact is that conding cross-platform is a bit of a pain and
> sometimes
> bugs like this just slip in.
Simple solution, use forward slashes. Windows accepts them just fine:
"C:/Documents and Settings/something/or another" is a valid windows
path
Otherwise you need
"C:\\Documents and Settings\\something\\or another"
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Jim Segrave address@hidden