On Aug 23 12:16, Ken Brown wrote: > The section on path names in the user guide > (https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames) strikes me as > misleading when it says in the first sentence, "Cygwin supports both POSIX- > and Win32-style paths." I think it would be better to say "The Cygwin DLL" > and to emphasize that Cygwin applications do *not* necessarily support Win32 > paths. See > > https://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-08/msg00409.html > > for a recent example where this has come up. It's also come up in > connection with git and emacs and probably many other applications. > > The documentation also says, "The usage of Win32 paths, though possible, is > deprecated...." I wonder if this should be strengthened to say something > like, "The usage of Win32 paths, though possible, is strongly deprecated and > may be removed in a future release of Cygwin." > > I'll be glad to prepare a documentation patch.
Yes, please. Thanks for the offer, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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