On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:32:55 +0200 Benedikt Meurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jannis Pohlmann wrote: > >>>>3. a tag can contain characters that are nog allowed in a > >>>>filename... f.e. "?" ... and it happen to be that this ?-sign is > >>>>in a lot of my tags or so it seems > >>> > >>>"?" is allowed in filenames. You just have to escape it when > >>>working on the shell. Some people might want to use it (e.g. there > >>>may be song titles like "Guess what?"). If I would disallow "?", > >>>I'd also have to replace spaces because they have to be escaped in > >>>the shell, too. > >> > >>The point is that there are certain Operating Systems, and their > >>filesystems (that shall remain nameless) that do not allow certain > >>characters, and bitch about it in almost every occasion. If they > >>find such a file (f.e. in a samba share), they pretend it doesn't > >>exist. > >> > >>I am sure that many people would like to remain compatible to that, > >>for many reasons, like because they are forced to work in such > >>enviroments. > > > > That's no problem. Just search for a good tag editor (which allows > > you to change a lot of files in a fast way) and fix the tags. > > > > Anyway, if there's a list of absolutely incompatible chars, I might > > consider replacing them with underscores (which again not everyone > > likes). > > Since the plugin has to open all files anyway, you could also add an > additional statfs()/statvfs() call and check whether the filesystem is > SMBFS, FAT, etc. and if so replace chars. Good idea. Can anyone point me to locations where I find information about supported characters for the different filesystems? - Jannis
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