Re: [MiNT] Fwd: AW: Re: on Mega ST

[Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>]

2011/8/20 Vincent Rivière <vincent.riviere@freesbee.fr>:
> m0n0 a wrote:
>>
>> If you can't create an folder with "-" in it, then there is either
>> an desktop or
>
> Michael is right, TOS 1.x desktops don't allow to type the '-' character,
> while of course they are fully legal and readable on FAT filesystems.
>
> When designing the x-y-cur scheme, it was a poor choice to choose a
> separator character which can't be typed with the standard OS...
>
> --
> Vincent Rivière
>
so a "c:\mint" is the only practical solution on some machines

yes '-' is illegal when writing a TOS filename from GEM, but it can
read them (illegal char filenames are written OK from archives)

Paul