Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 months 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-22 months agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squaredatabender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoHaving to use the wrong slash everywhere
minus-squareccplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoHave you ever tried just using forward slashes anyway? It works more or less some of the time.
minus-square7uWqKj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoYes, except where it doesn’t, which you have to remember, which makes it just another annoyance.
minus-squaremvirts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoMy solution is to run everything through msys2 😅
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months 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