On 2015-07-15 18:06:42 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 23:06:03 +0900
> > From: Norbert Preining <[email protected]>
> > Cc: [email protected], Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>,
> >     Texinfo <[email protected]>
> > 
> > What about encoding sub-dirs in the dir file with'::' like:
> >     * Emacs: (emacs-24::emacs).      The extensible self-documenting text 
> > editor.
> > 
> > Then one could do
> >     info emacs-24::emacs
> > etc?
> 
> Please don't make characters other than slashes magic in file names.
> Next thing we will hear is someone asking how to use a file name with
> a real colon.

However using a real colon in a filename may not be a good idea due
to potential conflict with URL schemes, for programs that accept both
filenames and URL's as arguments.

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