Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11

From	nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11
Date	2016-04-20 14:19 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<200420161419052800%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References	(3 earlier) <cok7hb1u51ma1lu91bbg5o0cdu5ga6d1ov@4ax.com> <57146357$0$45010$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <_8adnd7L_stpfovKnZ2dnUU7-IHNnZ2d@earthlink.com> <200420161635011879%YourName@YourISP.com> <MZqdnRDuzaNpW4rKnZ2dnUU7-Y_NnZ2d@earthlink.com>

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In article <MZqdnRDuzaNpW4rKnZ2dnUU7-Y_NnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Paul
Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> wrote:

> 
> > Slashes are sort of valid. They can be used but can cause issues (when
> > using them in Terminal commands, for example, you have to "escape" the
> > slash, otherwise Unix uses it as a sub-directory divider).
> 
> None the less, Word X, for instance, (from 2006), doesn't care: it's 
> only later versions that object.  Just an oversight left over from the 
> PC code?

word x is from 2001 and is not a port.

the reason it doesn't care is because it's old enough that it uses
classic mac file apis which use : for path delimiters while newer
versions of word use os x file system apis which use / for path
delimiters.

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more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-04-17 01:39 -0400
  Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-17 06:13 -0400
  Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2016-04-17 16:02 +0000
    Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 Michael Vilain <mev94303y@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-17 09:45 -0700
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      Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-04-17 14:23 -0400
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              Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2016-04-20 11:14 -0700
                Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-20 14:19 -0400
                Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2016-04-20 12:39 -0700
            Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-04-20 20:11 +0000
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          Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2016-04-19 19:07 -0700
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          Re: more help with friend's mac, v10.4.11 Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-04-17 23:34 +0000
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