> ? no. I meant "actually". but "also" is correct, too…


Ah, then it's a language thing. For me, it read like "only forced" because of that "actually". My bad. Sorry for the noise. ^__^

Best,
Marcel
Am 14.06.2020 12:32:30 schrieb Tobias Pape <das.linux at gmx.de>:

> On 14.06.2020, at 12:19, Marcel Taeumel wrote:
>
> > It actually forces them when necessary…
>
> You mean "also", not "actually". :-)

? no. I meant "actually". but "also" is correct, too…

>
> 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.
>
> Here are working examples:
>
> PNGReadWriter formFromFileNamed: '\\?\C:\Tools\squeak_trunk\ffi-icons\ffi-union.png'
> PNGReadWriter formFromFileNamed: 'C:\Tools\squeak_trunk\ffi-icons\ffi-union.png'
> 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'
>
> Best,
> Marcel
>> Am 14.06.2020 12:13:51 schrieb Tobias Pape :
>>
>>
>> > On 14.06.2020, at 12:06, Marcel Taeumel wrote:
>> >
>> > > This would be handled in the Windows FilePlugin.
>> >
>> > It supports UNC paths already.
>> >
>> It actually forces them when necessary…
>> -t
>>
>> > Best,
>> > Marcel
>> >> Am 14.06.2020 10:36:43 schrieb K K Subbu :
>> >>
>> >> On 14/06/20 1:50 pm, Marcel Taeumel wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > On Windows, you need a triple (drive, dirname, entry).
>> >> >
>> >> > You could treat the "drive" as part of the "dirname", just like the
>> >> > leading "/" on Unix for the root path. The drive letter itself could be
>> >> > treated as a directory. Cygwin does this already (/cygdrive/c/...)
>> >> >
>> >> > On Windows UNC paths can be used to denote the "root" in a similar fashion:
>> >> > \\?\C:\...
>> >> >
>> >> > So, every path that begins with "\\" can be treated as root.
>> >>
>> >> Yes. With UNC, Windows paths may also be treated as (container, entry)
>> >> pairs. This would be handled in the Windows FilePlugin.
>> >>
>> >> Regards .. Subbu
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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