Please support both '\' and '/' as path separator

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DVV81
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Please support both '\' and '/' as path separator

Post by DVV81 »

Sometimes a path to local file is presented in a form of ".../dir1/dir2/dir3/file.ext". It could be an output of some application ported from *nix; it could be a part of network path to a local file; and so on.
And when the "dir1/dir2/dir3/file.ext" is pasted into Everything's search line, it can not find this file/path, so every '/' has to be converted to '\' manually.
Could you add an automatic internal conversion (not visible to user) of all the '/' path separators to '\', thus allowing Everything to support any possible combination of "path\to\file", "path/to/file", "path\to/file" and "path/to\file" ?
therube
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Re: Please support both '\' and '/' as path separator

Post by therube »

Options | General -> Search: Allow Forward Slash Path Separator
NotNull
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Re: Please support both '\' and '/' as path separator

Post by NotNull »

You're too late! :-)

Your suggestion is already implemented in Everything:
In Menu:Tools > Options > Search , enable Replace forward slashes with backward slashes

EDIT: @therube: crosspost! (and in this case: I am too late!)
Last edited by NotNull on Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.
NotNull
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Re: Please support both '\' and '/' as path separator

Post by NotNull »

therube wrote:
Options | General -> Search: Allow Forward Slash Path Separator
Not only do two great minds think alike, they also do it at the same time! :lol:
DVV81
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Re: Please support both '\' and '/' as path separator

Post by DVV81 »

Great, thank you!
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