Subject: Re: Request for Change: UT_FileSpec
From: Alan (horkana@tcd.ie)
Date: Sat Jul 21 2001 - 14:56:40 CDT
Andrew Dunbar wrote:
>
> --- Hubert Figuiere <hfiguiere@teaser.fr> wrote: >
> > The problem: currently AbiWord specifies every file
> > thru file path. But
> > system like MacOS discurage the use of file path to
> > specify a file. Some
> > other like BeOS recommend to not use them.
> >
> > Solution:
> > Change any file referencing in AbiWord from a file
> > path to a UT_FileSpec
> > that will allow custom file specification that the
> > platform use.
> > Any comment ?
This kind of mess is exactly why URIs and its better know subset URLs
were developed.
> I think this is an excellent idea. Cross-platform
> software should avoid "lowest common denominator"
> when possible. If we can hide paths on systems that
> discourage them is a Good Thing. This may even help
> implement a change I want for Windows NT/2K/XP where
> the path should be UT_UCSChar * instead of char *
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