Re: (emacs+unix): How to have a file-name containing slashes, angle-brackets, etc?

[Nikolaj Schumacher]

Xah <xahlee@gmail.com> wrote:

>> The question is whether unix is, by design, capable of handling
>> characters outside the alphanumerical range.
>
> a piss pot can technically hold any liquid other than piss, but it
> does not mean it is suitable as a, say, coffee mug.
>
> one way to see this is to check exactly how many people uses piss bots
> for coffee mug.

You keep answering with metaphors.

What is broken or unpractical about "special" characters in unix file
names that works in other operating systems?



regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher