On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 6:05 AM, jari <jari.aalto@cante.net> wrote:

On 2012-10-19 11:49, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
| >
| > 1. New variable ffap-paths-with-spaces controls if the behavior is in use.
| > By default it is set to "t" in Windows/Cygwin where spaces in paths
| > are encountered.
|
| GNU Coding Standards frown upon using "path" for anything except
| PATH-style lists of directories. Use "file name" or "leading
| directories" instead.
|
| > 2. The "path skipping" is based on finding longest distance:
| >
| > - from first "drive letter", "/" or "\"
| > - until last "/", "\" followed by last non-matching-char-not-usually-found-in-file-names
|
| What will this do to text such as the one below?
|
| C:\emacs\bin\prog1.exe on Windows or /usr/bin/prog1 on Unix.

User can enable/disable if spaces are taken into account. If enabled,
the result is:

"C:\emacs\bin\prog1.exe on Windows or /usr/bin/prog1"

If disabled, depending on cursor position:

"C:\emacs\bin\prog1.exe"
"/usr/bin/prog1"

If you have strategiy to make it better, please suggest.

| > 3. In Cygwin Emacs the paths are expected to be in "/cygdrive/<letter>/"
| > format.
|
| What about Posix-standard /foo/bar/baz, which is the usual case on
| Cygwin?

Only "<drive letter>:" is converted into "/cygdrive/<drive letter>" under
Cygwin.

Jari