Re: [OATH-Toolkit-help] Special characters

[Christian Hesse]

Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> on Sun, 01 May 2011 17:20:28 +0200:
> Christian Hesse <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> on Sun, 01 May 2011 16:30:14 +0200:
> >> Christian Hesse <address@hidden> writes:
> >> > I do not like special characters in output. Can the backtick cause
> >> > problems here? I would change that.
> >> 
> >> Hi Christian.  What is the problem in using `%s'?  Both quote characters
> >> are plain US-ASCII.  They also both have "special" meanings in different
> >> context, but neither should be relevant here, I hope, since the prompt
> >> should be treated as opaque text by applications.
> >
> > Hmm... You are right, both are plain ASCII.
> >
> > Nevertheless... The backtick looks a bit uncommon to me... But I will not
> > complain any more. ;)
> 
> They are not _that_ uncommon...  :-)
> 
> address@hidden:~$ rm -i foo
> rm: remove regular file `foo'? ^C
> address@hidden:~$ cp -v foo bar
> `foo' -> `bar'
> address@hidden:~$ 

You are right.
Possibly these programs are very mature and I never looked at their output
in detail.  :D
-- 
Schoene Gruesse
Chris