Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-26 days agoWhat was/is the most annoying thing about Windows when you were/are using it?message-squaremessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down19
arrow-up166arrow-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-26 days agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squaredatabender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 days agoHaving to use the wrong slash everywhere
minus-squareccp@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoHave you ever tried just using forward slashes anyway? It works more or less some of the time.
minus-square7uWqKj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoYes, except where it doesn’t, which you have to remember, which makes it just another annoyance.
minus-squaremvirts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoMy solution is to run everything through msys2 😅
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days 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