[Harbour] ChangeLog 2007-11-02 18:52 UTC+0200 Mindaugas Kavaliauskas

[Szakáts Viktor]

Hi Przemek,

> On Sat, 03 Nov 2007, Szakáts Viktor wrote:
>> - Filename casing:
>> 	-fn:l
>> 	-fn:u
>> 	-fn- (default)
>> - Directory casing (if we need it separately, like in RTL):
>> 	-fd:l
>> 	-fd:u
>> 	-fd- (default)
>> - Filename space trimming:
>> 	-fs
>> 	-fs- (default)
>> - (?) Path separator:
>> 	-fp:[char] (default: OS defined)
>
> It's a little bit more then single switch for file name lowering so
> I will need more then two minutes but I'll add the above and commit
> soon. I also think that pure: -fn -fd, -fp (without trailing '-')
> should reset the switches to default state.

Okey, just let the "-" work too to be consistent with some other
switches.

>> - Drive translation:
>> 	-ft:A=/mnt/adrive
>> 	-ft:C=/mnt/mycdrive
>> 	-ft:A=/mnt/adrive;C=/mnt/mycdrive
>> 	-ft- (default): turn off all drive translation
>
> This will have to wait longer because I'd like to merge it with some
> other modifications.

Sure.

>> May I also suggest to change -r=<max> to -ppr:<max>?
>
> I can change it but we already have -p<path> and it may interact
> with existing path settings. Of course it's very small chance that
> someone will want to use "pr:<num>" as path name for .ppo/.ppt files.
> We already don't allow to use "+" as .ppo/.ppt path for the same
> reason.

You're right. Could you just change the separator to be ':'? (instead  
of '=')

>> (-r is something else in Clipper, and ':' is preferred
>> over '=' in this case, just like in '-undef:')
>
> This is minor modification but I'd like to know if I should make it
> for -r: or for -ppr: - see above.

Pls see above. We pretty run out of switch names, so maybe it's
time to introduce "--" as a native option system, since the
compatibility switch space is pretty much exhausted (and not very
optimal either).

>> For drive "emulation" we will need some additional SETs
>> for RTL. (_SET_DRIVETRANS = "A=/mnt/adrive;C=/mnt/mycdrive")
>
> Fine but I'll do it later together with drive translation in compiler.

Of course and no problem.

Brgds,
Viktor