From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2963 invoked from network); 6 May 2005 12:38:33 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 6 May 2005 12:38:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 99170 invoked from network); 6 May 2005 12:38:26 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 6 May 2005 12:38:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 25308 invoked by alias); 6 May 2005 12:38:18 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 8780 Received: (qmail 25293 invoked from network); 6 May 2005 12:38:16 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 6 May 2005 12:38:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 98093 invoked from network); 6 May 2005 12:38:16 -0000 Received: from main.gmane.org (HELO ciao.gmane.org) (80.91.229.2) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 6 May 2005 12:38:11 -0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DU1yS-0006JM-9m for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Fri, 06 May 2005 14:30:32 +0200 Received: from 241.119-84-212.ippool.ndo.com ([212.84.119.241]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 06 May 2005 14:30:32 +0200 Received: from david by 241.119-84-212.ippool.ndo.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 06 May 2005 14:30:32 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk From: zzapper Subject: Re: Passing parameters completely untouched Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 13:36:57 +0100 Message-ID: <42pm7152958l1t5lmgmm4jct5vs0ljqu03@4ax.com> References: <1050506040207.ZM31436@candle.brasslantern.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 241.119-84-212.ippool.ndo.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 2.0/32.652 Sender: news X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=6.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Hits: -2.6 On Fri, 06 May 2005 04:02:07 +0000, wrote: >On May 5, 11:02pm, zzapper wrote: >} >} I want to be able to pass a string with backslashes w/o them being >} interpreted > >} > convert_path "c:\aaa\fred\file.txt" > >Use single quotes, man. > Bart, Doesn't work for me on Cygwin zsh 4.2.4 (i686-pc-cygwin) even with single quotes the backslash is interpreted. I've solved my problem though by reading the paste buffer from within the zsh function -- zzapper vim -c ":%s%s*%Cyrnfr)fcbafbe[Oenz(Zbbyranne%|:%s)[[()])-)Ig|norm Vg?" http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/tips/ vim, zsh & success tips