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

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:14:07 , Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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


I just wondered if Two-in-One could create a "-" folder but it won't
either.

Peter