From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B07B139084 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:49:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A43B2E0E8C; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:49:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 83B21E0E8B for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:49:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (unknown [IPv6:2a01:4f8:202:4333:225:90ff:fed9:fc84]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BD46234085A for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:49:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E92EA78A for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:49:36 +0000 (UTC) From: "Michał Górny" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Michał Górny" Message-ID: <1511642957.d8b268483ba5019763d33b86509b47f30376d606.mgorny@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] data/glep:master commit in: / X-VCS-Repository: data/glep X-VCS-Files: glep-0074.rst X-VCS-Directories: / X-VCS-Committer: mgorny X-VCS-Committer-Name: Michał Górny X-VCS-Revision: d8b268483ba5019763d33b86509b47f30376d606 X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:49:36 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 26ac5a09-e2f6-4322-a383-a8113a4eed47 X-Archives-Hash: 04c2a3fe46a5bc08080d4515054ad12a commit: d8b268483ba5019763d33b86509b47f30376d606 Author: Michał Górny gentoo org> AuthorDate: Wed Nov 22 16:51:48 2017 +0000 Commit: Michał Górny gentoo org> CommitDate: Sat Nov 25 20:49:17 2017 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/glep.git/commit/?id=d8b26848 glep-0074: Recommend escaping control characters, suggested by ulm glep-0074.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/glep-0074.rst b/glep-0074.rst index 3dc6730..8687969 100644 --- a/glep-0074.rst +++ b/glep-0074.rst @@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ and a backwards slash present in filename must be encoded. Backwards slash used as path component separator should be replaced by forward slash instead. +The encoding can be used for other characters as well. In particular, +escaping control characters is recommended to ensure that the file +works correctly in text editors. + File verification -----------------