specialFolderPath

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Wed Apr 14 13:23:42 EDT 2010


Devin Asay wrote:
> On Apr 14, 2010, at 11:12 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> 
>> Klaus on-rev wrote:
>>
>>> Rev uses always the SLASH / as a path delimiter internaylly on ALL platforms!
>>> You only need to use the backslash if you use a pathname inside of a SHELL command on windows.
>> Which brings up an interface question. My app lets users choose a folder 
>> and then displays the folder path in a field. I've never bothered to 
>> change it in the past, but now I'm wondering if I should translate all 
>> the slashes to backslashes just for display on Windows, and then change 
>> them back to regular slashes in the script when I need to work with the 
>> path.
>>
>> What do others do?
> 
> Don't ask me, my guideline on most things is WWJD? (What Would Jacque Do?).

LOL! I gave up trying to be perfect. I'd rather be real than ideal.

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