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

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

>> If you do not allow some mechanism for escaping quotes, then you
>> cannot represent a quote inside a quoted string.
>
> The mechanism for escaping quotes in gnuplot is to use a double-quoted string 
> and use backslash escapes.  There is neither a need for supporting backslash 
> escapes in single-quoted strings, nor does the documentation even suggest 
> such a thing, anywhere.
>
> No, the bug is that the command
>
> 	b = 'foo\'bar'
>
> was accepted in the first place.  It should have flagged a syntax error.

Consequently, we have two possibilities:

1. \ is always \ in 'strings'; however, there is no possibility 
to type in a quote '
This helps writing e.g. 'cd C:\tmp\'

2. there is only one escape possibility inside 'string': \' means '

Currently, gnuplot uses option 2. but docs tends to 1, so it is an open 
question what to fix.

If people say escape \' is usual in other languages, I would vote for 2. 
Then, docs should include an explicit help for 'cd c:/tmp/' for Windows 
users.

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