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Subject: Re: Issue on output when using javac or scalac under emacs
To: Eliot Moss <moss@ali-mail.cs.umass.edu>, cygwin@cygwin.com
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From: Eliot Moss <moss@cs.umass.edu>
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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 10:35:01 -0400
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On 8/25/2020 11:51 PM, Eliot Moss wrote:
> Agreed that / vs \ is sometimes no problem. I do know that Windows Java really wants ; and not : when giving multiple path names ... EM
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Aug 25, 2020, at 10:50 PM, Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca> wrote:
>>
>> ﻿On 2020-08-25 18:36, Eliot Moss wrote:
>>> Dear Luc
>>> You should be aware that while Cygwin can invoke Java, the Windows Java still
>>> expects _Windows-style_ arguments, including Windows paths, etc.
>>>> For example, not a/b/c:d/e but 'a\b\c;d\e" for a path.
>>>
>>> Just because you're using Cygwin, the installed Java is not "magically"
>>> transported to the Linux world!
>>>
>>> You may also run into issues around line endings (CR/LF vs LF only, and so forth).
>>
>> Many Windows APIs and programs accept either path separator and in such cases
>> there are seldom issues as long as the paths are not too long e.g. try:
>>
>>     $ /proc/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/icacls path/with/slash/delimiters
>>
>> and many programs, including editors and terminals, do a good job of adapting to
>> line endings, including mintty and less.

Apologies for the top-posting.  Not sure my phone supports any other way, but if I end up wanting to 
post from my phone, I will see what I can do!   Eliot Moss
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