Re: Cannot change to 'C:\' (root) on Windows

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

>> There is no change to behaviour:
>>  	this works: X 'C:\tmp'
>>  	this not:   X 'C:\'
>> where X is set title or cd or whatever else.
>
> I simply don't understand you (which may be the case because you
> haven't understood me, so: more probably my fault).  What do you
> mean by "works"?

gnuplot> set title 'C:\tmp'; show title

         title is "C:\\tmp", offset at ((character units) 0, 0, 0)

gnuplot> set title 'C:\'; show title
gnuplot> set title 'C:\'
gnuplot> show title

         title is "C:\\'", offset at ((character units) 0, 0, 0)

gnuplot>


So it looks there are two bugs:
1. A problem with c_token++ (?) on the 2nd line (prompt)
2. On the 3rd line, it should be "C:\\" and not "C:\\'"


> starts the string, then there are two ordinary characters.  Then
> there is an *odd* number of backslashes, meaning that the following
> character is to be taken literally *as are all of the backslashes*.
> The string is ended implicitly by the end of the line.  So, there is
> no bug.  Just a very silly syntax.  I don't know who has invented
> this and why, but gnuplot is not the only program using it.

In gnuplot, the \ is escape character in "this" string, but a normal 
character in 'this' string.

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