On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 11:12:26AM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Angus> Reading http://wiki.lyx.org/LaTeX/FilesWithSpecialChars and > Angus> http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LaTeX/FilesWithSpecialChars/filenames.tex, > Angus> I don't see why a ':' in a file name won't work, but you're the > Angus> one using this stuff... > > I guess ':' is a problem in a windows file name if it is not the drive > separator.
'Problem' is the wrong word. They serve a purpose IIRC. Try writing and reading to a.txt:1. Andre'