From: scandora AT cmt DOT anl DOT gov (Scandora, Anthony E., Jr.) Subject: Re: Case sensitivity in filenames 5 Jan 1999 21:26:33 -0800 Message-ID: <408C59EF36D6D111ACF500A0C92DEA1981A215.cygnus.gnu-win32@cmtnts3> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: "'GNU-Win32'" > -----Original Message----- > From: Geoffrey Noer [mailto:noer AT cygnus DOT com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 12:21 AM > To: Moore, Paul > Cc: 'Larry Hall'; 'Gnu Win32' > Subject: Re: Case sensitivity in filenames .... > > Could you explain at greater length what you want Cygwin to do > w.r.t. case insensitivity? .... > > It probably would be appropriate for filename completion to > autocorrect case changes in programs that use readline under Cygwin. > That probably wouldn't be too hard to do. I'm glad to read it's probably not too hard to do. I'm not a UNIX hacker or I would have already looked into it myself. > > Any comments? Are you arguing for Cygwin being case preserving but > case insensitive? More, less? That would be perfect; no more, no less. That's how the Win32 filesystem is used by Win32 programs, and what most Win32 users have learned to expect. I think it's important for Cygwin or any other emulator to balance emulating the non-Win32 environment with usability on Win32. If I could use UNIX, $50 would get me better support for Linux than much more money gets me from Microsoft. However, I have to use Win32, which lacks many necessary shell utilities. I use Cygwin for those shell utilities so I can work productively in my Win32 environment. Thanks for following up on users' comments. It's a lot more than many commercial developers do. Tony Scandora, Argonne National Lab, 630-252-7541 scandora AT cmt DOT anl DOT gov - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".