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Re: OT: Where did URI pipe symbol hack originate?

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• Subject: Re: OT: Where did URI pipe symbol hack originate?
• From: "Anthony B. Coates" <abcoates@T...>
• Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 21:54:09 GMT
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** Reply to message from Jeff Lowery <jlowery@s...> on Thu, 14 Nov
2002 10:33:39 -0800

> As is used after Windows drive letters:
> 
> file:///C|/mydir/myfile.txt
> 
> Having a little debate about whether the appropriate thing is to escape the
> colon with %xx instead of using the pipe (or colon).  Has a consensus formed
> that is (mostly) cross-platform compatible?

I've always thought the vertical bar was a Netscape-ism.  I can't remember any
other application wanting to use it.

	Cheers,
		Tony.
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Anthony B. Coates, Information & Software Architect
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MDDL Editor (Market Data Definition Language)
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