Re: Dumb moniker questions (was Re: Bonobo dependencies ...)

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs eazel com>]

Miguel de Icaza <miguel helixcode com> writes:

> >  2) Can I refer to an HTML NAME using '#'?
> > 
> > 	http://www.foo.com/gnu-tools.html#ls
> 
> It is an implementation detail, but my current take is that the '#'
> inside the http moniker could trigger a moniker that would connect a
> stream on the left hand side to a DOM interface on the right hand. 
> 
> So, yes, it is possible to get that behaviour, but the code does not
> exist yet. 
> 
> It could also be triggered only with a double ##.

I'm willing to change the gnome-vfs code to use `##' for this to avoid
the ambiguity if the moniker code will be changed this way.


> >  5) How do I access a file named 'myfile!ab#foo', or something similarly
> >     perverse?
> 
> You use escaping (currently a bug in the code), but basically it needs
> about 6 lines of changes.
> 
> myfile\!ab\#foo
> 


It would probably be better to use URI escaping than backslash escaping:

myfile%33ab%35foo

(gnome-vfs has some URI escaping code, but I guess that won't interest
you).

 - Maciej