Re: unclear documentation for directory-sep-char

[David Kastrup]

"Eli Zaretskii" <address@hidden> writes:

> > From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
> > Date: 08 Jan 2003 19:37:57 +0100
> > 
> >     directory-sep-char's value is 47
> > 
> >     This variable is obsolete since 21.1;
> >     do not use it.
> 
> You should just use ?/ unconditionally.  If this is somehow
> inappropriate in the specific case(s) where you bumped into this
> problem, please describe the specifics.

If you use the Windows command shell for executing commands, it will
not accept forward slashes AFAIK for its commands like `cd'.  Most
programs will also not output forward slashes when printing paths.

As a maintainer for several packages I have to cater for Emacsen under
Windows as well.  I hate Windows and the mess it means supporting it,
but I don't want to leave my users out in the rain completely.
Please don't make it harder than it is already:

I am currently fighting my way across my autoconf scripts so that
they will work fine with insane paths like
c:\Garfield's Programs\bin.

I have a reputation to lose.  I can't have clueless Windows users
report to all bulletin boards that my packages don't work.  Don't
make it harder than necessary.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum