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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: list separator in config entries
From:       "Thomas Braxton" <kde.braxton () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-10-09 6:35:20
Message-ID: 928c3f1b0710082335t2a9c2fa5n7191eebf59265309 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 10/8/07, Andreas Pakulat <apaku@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> On 08.10.07 14:20:13, Thomas Braxton wrote:
> > On 10/8/07, Andreas Pakulat <apaku@gmx.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 08.10.07 12:27:57, Thomas Braxton wrote:
> > > > I know what was being pondered on this thread, but if I don't
> understand
> > > > what you think is broken then I can't fix it can I?
> > >
> > > Exactly what is tested in the test. KConfig doesn't properly store a
> > > list of strings if one of the strings has a \ at the end. I'm at the
> > > moment not sure wether reading or writing or both are broken for this,
> > > i.e. wether it doesn't escape the backslash or doesn't realize that
> this
> > > is not an escaped list-separator but in fact a list entry ending in a
> > > backslash and a list separator afterwards.
> >
> > does this work in KDE3?
>
> Yes it does, so in fact this is a regression that absolutely needs
> fixing.


ok, it'll be fixed by morning.

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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/8/07, <b \
class="gmail_sendername">Andreas Pakulat</b> &lt;<a \
href="mailto:apaku@gmx.de">apaku@gmx.de</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"> On 08.10.07 14:20:13, Thomas Braxton wrote:<br>&gt; On \
10/8/07, Andreas Pakulat &lt;<a href="mailto:apaku@gmx.de">apaku@gmx.de</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; On 08.10.07 12:27:57, Thomas Braxton wrote:<br>&gt; \
&gt; &gt; I know what was being pondered on this thread, but if I don&#39;t \
understand <br>&gt; &gt; &gt; what you think is broken then I can&#39;t fix it can \
I?<br>&gt; &gt;<br>&gt; &gt; Exactly what is tested in the test. KConfig doesn&#39;t \
properly store a<br>&gt; &gt; list of strings if one of the strings has a \ at the \
end. I&#39;m at the <br>&gt; &gt; moment not sure wether reading or writing or both \
are broken for this,<br>&gt; &gt; i.e. wether it doesn&#39;t escape the backslash or \
doesn&#39;t realize that this<br>&gt; &gt; is not an escaped list-separator but in \
fact a list entry ending in a <br>&gt; &gt; backslash and a list separator \
afterwards.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; does this work in KDE3?<br><br>Yes it does, so in fact \
this is a regression that absolutely needs<br>fixing.</blockquote><div><br \
class="webkit-block-placeholder"> </div><div>ok, it&#39;ll be fixed by \
morning.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><br>&nbsp;</div>



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