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|    Janis Papanagnou to Marion    |
|    Re: Clever helpful suggestion for portab    |
|    02 Feb 25 15:44:38    |
      XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10       From: janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com              On 01.02.2025 19:10, Marion wrote:       > [...]       >> [symbolic links]       >       > This was brought up prior, I think by Carlos if I remember correctly,              (I may have missed that. - Sorry, Carlos!)              > where       > I restrained myself from incredulously asking HOW he proposed to do that       > symlinking on Android such that the all-important Android file editors       > would still recognize a path that has completely changed out from under       > them.              You again stirred my curiosity - since I don't know about the Android       and its file-editors peculiarities... - How does Android recognize the       path with the (arbitrary) "A1B1-C1D1" and "A2B2-C2D2" path components       but not a generic (a fixed) one?              >       > To be clear, I'm absolutely and emphatically NOT saying it can't be       > done; nor am I even intimating that it's not a great idea - I'm only       > asking, eyes       > wide open with intrigue, HOW you (and Carlos) would accomplish that.              I'm lacking Android competences so I cannot provide more than a hint.       Sorry. (If it doesn't work for reasons beyond my expertise please just       ignore my post.) I would have thought there's (as so often) some menu       entry or (either system- or editor-specific) properties file to change       or define that.              Janis              > [...]              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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