To: cwolff AT slowboy DOT intellistor DOT com (Clint Wolff)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: several questiond from new user 
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 13:34:57 -0700
From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo AT hpnmxx DOT sr DOT hp DOT com>

> One possible solution would be:
> 
> 	/<drive>//path
> 
> ie c:\src\djgpp would be /c//src/djgpp
> but \c\src\djgpp would be /c/src/djgpp

     No, no, no.  This breaks Emacs, which THROWS AWAY everything up to
a "//" (this was an intentional user interface design decision, which
makes entering alternate paths easier).

     -- Darryl Okahata
	Internet: darrylo AT sr DOT hp DOT com

DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
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little green men that have been following him all day.


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But why he asks.... I have only recently gotten Demacs running (uEmacs
finally ran out steam....), so I don't claim to be an expert.... Why
does emacs throw everything up to the // away??? P'haps just making the
path name /c:src/djgpp or /c:/src/djgpp would be sufficient....