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25.0.50; Files with special chars in the name cannot be written on MS Windows

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 19463 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19463: 25.0.50; Files with special chars in the name cannot be written on MS Windows
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:02:28 +0200

> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
> Cc: 19463 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:29:16 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> At least we shall mention this restriction, for example in
> >> (info "(emacs) Windows Files")
> >
> > I don't mind documenting it, but traditionally there was objection to
> > talking too much about Windows in our manuals.
> 
> The section I have referenced to is called "G.3 File Names on MS-Windows".
> Maybe it is acceptable to add a paragraph there :-)

That's the User Manual.  I thought you were talking about the ELisp
manual, which is where I think this kind of information belongs.

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