2009/10/23 Emma Glaisher <[email protected]> > > Have to confess I have NEVER been able to remember which is which
You can thank those pesky DOS/Windows users for the confusion Emma! There's really no such thing as a "forward slash" in typesetting. It has always been a "slash" (or oblique, or virgule, depending on usage). And the "leaning-back" version "\" is called the backslash. DOS or Windows paths used the backslash to show directory hierarchy. And with frequent usage people started saying "slash" where they really meant "backslash", which led to the invention of "forward slash", which emphasises that it's a real slash and not a backslash that's being called a slash. No wonder we're all confused :-) -- Tim Mansour <[email protected]> Neologica Print & Promotions ABN 63 904 335 408 Certified FileMaker 10 Developer "Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence." -- Danish proverb
