Re: [xml] Win32 support

["Christian Ehrlicher" <Ch Ehrlicher gmx de>]

Von: Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>
> [Cc'ed the list back, all discussions and patches should really go there
> and
>  not on my private inbox, Daniel ]
>
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 06:14:21PM +0200, Christian Ehrlicher wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Here a first patch for my win32 problems.
>
>   Applied, even if I think it's kindof broken, now any path using ';' 
> won't work on Windows even if it work on Unixes, but it's all cleanly
> separated and affects purely Win32 so I don't care that much.
>
> > It fixes a problem parsing XML_CATALOG_FILES env var by recognizing the 
> > correct path separator on win32 (';' instead ':' because ':' is used for
> > the drive letters)
> > It also converts '\' to '/' to avoid a check for '\' inside libxml2.
> >
> > Maybe PATH_SEAPRATOR can be moved to a global config file?
>
>   I don't think it's a good idea. There is always ' ' useable as
> the path separator too. Anyway whatever the character used, someone
> is gonna complain about it. I would not export this.
Ok, just a thought.

> > Do I have to do a doc update for this? I don't think it's necessary 
> > because separating paths with ';' is standard on windows
>
>   And you expect people to follow Windows guidelines when porting libxml2
> related code to that platform ?
The heave no other chance than to learn this :(
-----------8<--------
K:\>set Path
Path=C:\Perl\bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;...
-----------8<--------
It's the default way to separate paths - no chance to convince M$ to do it another way ...
> > btw: how is your coding style for new code? I recognized that there are 
> > tabs and spaces used - without any system :)
>
>   I use this for reindenting. I get patches with zillions different styles
>
> #!/bin/sh
> indent -bad -bap -bbb -bli4 -br -ce -brs -cs -i4 -l75 -lc75 -nut -sbi4
> -psl -saf -sai -saw -sbi4 -ss -sc -cdw -cli4 -npcs -nbc
>
> I cleanup only when I get really annoyed. I use a tab stop of 4.
>
> Daniel
The seond patch needs some more work - hope to get it working in a acceptable way in the next few days.

Thx,
Christian
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