<selitem> and "\"

[Filehero]

Hi,

is there a tweak I've missed?
Why does <selitem> returns the tailing "\" for drives (the root folder) but not for child folders? It's the same with Files > To Clipboard > Item Path/Names.

The behavior should be the same, shouldn't it?

[jupe]

I think this could possibly be because of:

slashed.png

screenshot taken of the XYplorer help file.

[Filehero]

Hi Jupe,

thanks for the possible explanation. Another legacy Windows awkwardness, it seems.

[admin]

Hi Jupe,

thanks for the possible explanation. Another legacy Windows awkwardness, it seems.

OK, but shouldn't XYplorer variables return something that has some consistency? I think all paths should be returned unslashed.

And, if you are in C: this returns "C:" unslashed:

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echo <curpath>;

But if I'd change it now, would I break old code? Probably...

[Filehero]

OK, but shouldn't XYplorer variables return something that has some consistency? I think all paths should be returned unslashed.

Yes, hence my question.

But if I'd change it now, would I break old code? Probably...

Unfortunately, yes. Perhaps a tweak?

[admin]

Given that usually xy variables and environment variables return paths without a trailing slash, and I know for sure that this is intended and coded in many places in the program, I would classify this as a bug, which means I should just fix it.

Any objections?

[highend]

But this change will break scripts as well...

And if you really do it, don't forget that some shell context menus do the same:
To Clipboard - Item Path(s) comes to my mind...

[admin]

Damn, you are right.