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Re: "~" vs. "POSIX file"
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Re: "~" vs. "POSIX file"

  • Subject: Re: "~" vs. "POSIX file"
  • From: "Nigel Garvey" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:21:31 +0100
Quoting the wrong message, <email@hidden> wrote on Wed, 25 Oct
2006 08:09:47 -0400:

>Nigel: what would you expect system attribute HOME to return other
>than "plain text"?  Do you mean it's not Unicode text?  Not sure what
>distinction you're making.

It's not Unicode text. Since the received wisdom is that paths should be
Unicode text to allow for non-Latin characters, I'd expect a Unicode
result from system attribute "HOME". Or is there some other rule that the
POSIX path of a home folder must be representable in plain text?

NG

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