Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoWhat was/is the most annoying thing about Windows when you were/are using it?message-squaremessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down19
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareWhat was/is the most annoying thing about Windows when you were/are using it?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squaredatabender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoHaving to use the wrong slash everywhere
minus-squareccp@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoHave you ever tried just using forward slashes anyway? It works more or less some of the time.
minus-square7uWqKj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoYes, except where it doesn’t, which you have to remember, which makes it just another annoyance.
minus-squaremvirts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoMy solution is to run everything through msys2 😅
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI’d actually like it if it was backslash for local paths and forward slash for remote paths. But if you connect to a cifs share, it still uses backslashes, so the whole thing seems pointless
Having to use the wrong slash everywhere
Have you ever tried just using forward slashes anyway? It works more or less some of the time.
Yes, except where it doesn’t, which you have to remember, which makes it just another annoyance.
My solution is to run everything through msys2 😅
I’d actually like it if it was backslash for local paths and forward slash for remote paths. But if you connect to a cifs share, it still uses backslashes, so the whole thing seems pointless