path separators...

hi *!


playing with the ac configuration, i found this snippet:

"config/ac/ac.xconf".replace('/',File.separatorCha
r

which is obviously a compatibility thing for the funny
colorful 
operating system. i wonder: is this necessary? because i'm
pretty sure 
that for example the publication.xconf code has a number of
hardcoded 
slashes... either the trunk hasn't been working on windows
for quite 
some time, or the java file layer takes care of this
conversion 
automatically.

regards,


jörn



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Andreas Hartmann wrote:
> Jörn Nettingsmeier schrieb:
>> hi *!
>>
>>
>> playing with the ac configuration, i found this
snippet:
>>
>>
"config/ac/ac.xconf".replace('/',File.separatorCha
r
> 
> Actually we should finally get rid of this stuff.
> When we work with URIs instead of paths, and IMO we
should
> *only* work with URIs, then this is not necessary.

i'll try and fix these things when i see them.
out of curiousity: how do the drive letters map to the
file:/// uri 
scheme? and does java also use the file:// convention for
relative paths 
and file:/// for absolute ones?


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Hi,

>> playing with the ac configuration, i found this
snippet:
>>
>>
"config/ac/ac.xconf".replace('/',File.separatorCha
r
> 
> Actually we should finally get rid of this stuff.
> When we work with URIs instead of paths, and IMO we
should
> *only* work with URIs, then this is not necessary.
> 
>> which is obviously a compatibility thing for the
funny colorful
>> operating system. i wonder: is this necessary?
because i'm pretty sure
>> that for example the publication.xconf code has a
number of hardcoded
>> slashes... either the trunk hasn't been working on
windows for quite
>> some time, or the java file layer takes care of
this conversion
>> automatically.
> 
> Is somebody using 1.4 on Windows?
> We should definitely do tests on Windows before the
RC.

Yes we will (desperately waiting for an RC...).
Unfortunately we didn't manage 
to lure all our customers away from Windows yet... 

I could do some (limited) testing, preferably with clearly
defined scenarios.

Thanks for your work!
Markus Angst

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