Re: Opening files that start with %

[Gregory Merchan <merchan phys lsu edu>]

On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 04:56:50PM +0000, Shane OConnor - Sun Ireland wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It's just been noticed that any file that starts with the '%' character 
> will not open in nautilus, gedit or netscape. As all the gconf xml files
> start with the '%' character I was wondering if this was a deliberate
> thing? Currently the only way to view any file that begins with '%' is
> via vi.

A real editor, such as emacs, can also open filenames that begin with '%'.

;-p

Cheers,
Greg Merchan