on 25/1/02 7:11 AM, Scott Rossi at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> I like using the ascii for "delete" as a placeholder, because it works >>> fine and there's no way a user has typed it. > >> You know, that's a good point about not being able to type "delete". > > "formFeed" is another useful option.
But watch out a bit, because the fact that a user can't type it doesn't mean it can't - at least in principle - be a character in a legitimate and genuine path. This isn't completely hairsplitting; all my file info xfcns return line format lists (ie ascii CR, 13, is the delimiter). My many useful old file manipulation stacks which recurse over folders now choke on the files that Apple introduced to hold custom icons for folders, named - so to speak - "icon%0D" (ie the file name ends with a return character - so my lists of files include two names of non-existent files, "icon" and <empty>). Ben Rubinstein | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cognitive Applications Ltd | Phone: +44 (0)1273-821600 http://www.cogapp.com | Fax : +44 (0)1273-728866 _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
