Re: [xine-devel] MRL documentation for end users?

[Michael R. <mr...@us...>]

Hi Frantisek,

> > Could you try changing line 277 of input_file.c to something like:
> >
> > if ((strncasecmp (mrl, "file:", 5)) && (strstr(mrl, ":/") <
> > strchr(mrl, '/'))) {
>
> Great, very simple solution and it works. :-)

Thanks for committing it.

> > > And what do you thing about escaping MRL inside input plugins? I
> > > think they return bad MRLs now (according to our scheme with '%'
> > > escapes).
> >
> > What return do you mean? The get_dir() one?
>
> Yes, I do. xine-ui gets MRLs via xine_get_browse_mrls(), which calls
> get_dir(). It would be "escaped" in input_file, IMHO.
> But most of problems with MRLs are already solved by heuristics.

I think we should leave it the way it is. Seeing %20 instead of a " " in 
the MRL browser will only confuse users.

Michael

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