Re: Registry values OverlayExcludeList and OverlayIncludeList contain line-feeds

On 6/28/06, Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What I expected:
> > That the values would be added to registry
>
> You know that this is not a bug in TSVN?

Yes I see your point, and you are right the registry is able to handle
the linefeed. However it would be nice to be able to yes the standard
Windows tools to edit TSVN's registry settings.

> Suggestion:
> > Change the format of the lists to comma separated instead of linefeed
> > separated.
>
> No can do. A comma (and every other char a reg file can handle) is a
> perfectly valid char in a path. So we can't just use a char to separate
> path, if the same char can appear inside such a path.

My bad, yes you are right a comma is a valid path char, perhaps a ':',
 '|' or 'wide space' separator or ; separated like the path environment
variable
 located here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\
Session Manager\Environment\path ?

Kind regards Kesse
Received on Wed Jun 28 21:35:58 2006