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Date:	Tue, 23 Aug 2016 18:20:00 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: The Cygwin User Guide on path names
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On Aug 23 12:16, Ken Brown wrote:
> The section on path names in the user guide
> (https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames) strikes me =
as
> misleading when it says in the first sentence, "Cygwin supports both POSI=
X-
> and Win32-style paths."  I think it would be better to say "The Cygwin DL=
L"
> and to emphasize that Cygwin applications do *not* necessarily support Wi=
n32
> paths.  See
>=20
>   https://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-08/msg00409.html
>=20
> for a recent example where this has come up.  It's also come up in
> connection with git and emacs and probably many other applications.
>=20
> The documentation also says, "The usage of Win32 paths, though possible, =
is
> deprecated...."  I wonder if this should be strengthened to say something
> like, "The usage of Win32 paths, though possible, is strongly deprecated =
and
> may be removed in a future release of Cygwin."
>=20
> I'll be glad to prepare a documentation patch.

Yes, please.  Thanks for the offer,
Corinna

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