> Alain wrote:

>
>>> So that's how it works, Thanks Alain
>>>
>>
>> That's the way it works for any ini files,not just POV-Ray's ones.
>> It's also the rule for shortcuts and registry entries to files and
>> applications.
>>
>> It goes back to the good old days of DOS and the 8.3 naming convention
>> when spaces where not allowed at all in any file name.
>>
>>
>

> in paths. There is something lurking in the back of my mind for when you
> use concat.
>

Simple, a single "\" is used as an escape character. This allow you to 
use "\n" to isue a line feed for example. Thus, any single \ not 
followed by a valid operator will be ignored. Worst, it can cause some 
unforseen behaviour or make some characters disapears.

There is a problem with some applications. Some applications 
automaticaly change any "\" to "\\", and when they found a "\\", dumbly 
change it to "\\\\", then to "\\\\\\\\" if you edit the same entry a 
second time...


Alain

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