\ in wineshelllink?

Eduardo Costa ecosta at tpk.com.br
Fri Feb 9 16:01:23 CST 2001


Bernhard Mogens Ege wrote:
> 
> > What about using the Netscape 4.75 for Linux ? It's more useful and
> > bug-less.
> 
> No it isn't. On RedHat 7.0 it crashes extremely often. Sometimes I
> have to use the windows/wine Netscape which is reasonably stable.
> 

Well, this makes me never dls the RH7... :)

> > Anyway, try changing "\" to "\\" in "Exec=" line.
> > If it doesn't work, try the unix-like path (something like
> > "/mnt/windows/Program Files/Netscape/...").
> 
> "\" should be "\\\" but the absolute unix-path also works. It was just
> that the windows path was given and with only one "\" between each
> path element. Three "\" are necessary (I have tried two "\" but that
> wouldn't work).
> 

Three ? This makes me think: why ? At least, the absolute path works...

See ya,
Eduardo Costa
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