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diff --git a/doc/bugs/slash_in_metadata_breaks_field__61____42___view/comment_1_249d786ce15ab0c91191987c0bab76ef._comment b/doc/bugs/slash_in_metadata_breaks_field__61____42___view/comment_1_249d786ce15ab0c91191987c0bab76ef._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2cd288951 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/slash_in_metadata_breaks_field__61____42___view/comment_1_249d786ce15ab0c91191987c0bab76ef._comment @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2016-01-08T15:52:22Z" + content=""" +I was able to reproduce this problem, but only with LANG=C. It works in a +unicode locale. + +What's torpedoing this is a hack that it uses to handle "/" in a view. + + pseudoSlash :: Char + pseudoSlash = '\8725' -- '∕' /= '/' + +It's necessary that in a view, each viewed metadata component yield exactly one +level of directory hierarchy. Otherwise, it would be impossible to reverse +"a/b/c/file" when viewing on 2 metadata components -- +is that "a/b" and "c" or "a" and "b/c"? + +Which is why I used this cutsey hack, but yeah, it requires working +unicode support. + +Sigh, 2016 and still can't have nice things.. Suppose it'll have to use an +ugly encoding for them instead. +"""]] |