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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 13px">> ? no. I meant "actually". but "also" is correct, too…</span><br><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 13px">Ah, then it's a language thing. For me, it read like "only forced" because of that "actually". My bad. Sorry for the noise. ^__^</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 13px">Best,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 13px">Marcel</span></div><div class="mb_sig"></div><blockquote class="history_container" type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px; margin-top:20px; margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;">
<p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;">Am 14.06.2020 12:32:30 schrieb Tobias Pape <das.linux@gmx.de>:</p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br>> On 14.06.2020, at 12:19, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel@hpi.de> wrote:<br>> <br>> > It actually forces them when necessary…<br>> <br>> You mean "also", not "actually". :-)<br><br>? no. I meant "actually". but "also" is correct, too…<br><br>> <br>> So, from within Squeak you can either use UNC paths directly or provide a too long path string to the plugin, which will then convert it automatically to its UNC representation, if it isn't already in such a form.<br>> <br>> Here are working examples:<br>> <br>> PNGReadWriter formFromFileNamed: '\\?\C:\Tools\squeak_trunk\ffi-icons\ffi-union.png'<br>> PNGReadWriter formFromFileNamed: 'C:\Tools\squeak_trunk\ffi-icons\ffi-union.png'<br>> PNGReadWriter formFromFileNamed: 'C:\Tools\squeak_trunk\way-too-long-path\way-too-long-path\way-too-long-path\way-too-long-path\way-too-long-path\way-too-long-path\way-too-long-path\way-too-long-path\ffi-icons\ffi-union.png'<br>> <br>> Best,<br>> Marcel<br>>> Am 14.06.2020 12:13:51 schrieb Tobias Pape <das.linux@gmx.de>:<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> > On 14.06.2020, at 12:06, Marcel Taeumel wrote:<br>>> > <br>>> > > This would be handled in the Windows FilePlugin.<br>>> > <br>>> > It supports UNC paths already.<br>>> > <br>>> It actually forces them when necessary…<br>>> -t<br>>> <br>>> > Best,<br>>> > Marcel<br>>> >> Am 14.06.2020 10:36:43 schrieb K K Subbu :<br>>> >> <br>>> >> On 14/06/20 1:50 pm, Marcel Taeumel wrote:<br>>> >> > <br>>> >> > > On Windows, you need a triple (drive, dirname, entry).<br>>> >> > <br>>> >> > You could treat the "drive" as part of the "dirname", just like the <br>>> >> > leading "/" on Unix for the root path. The drive letter itself could be <br>>> >> > treated as a directory. Cygwin does this already (/cygdrive/c/...)<br>>> >> > <br>>> >> > On Windows UNC paths can be used to denote the "root" in a similar fashion:<br>>> >> > \\?\C:\...<br>>> >> > <br>>> >> > So, every path that begins with "\\" can be treated as root.<br>>> >> <br>>> >> Yes. With UNC, Windows paths may also be treated as (container, entry) <br>>> >> pairs. This would be handled in the Windows FilePlugin.<br>>> >> <br>>> >> Regards .. Subbu<br>>> >> <br>>> > <br>>> <br>>> <br>>> <br>> <br><br><br><br></das.linux@gmx.de></marcel.taeumel@hpi.de></div></blockquote>
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