Re: [OATH-Toolkit-help] Special characters

[Simon Josefsson]

Christian Hesse <address@hidden> writes:

> Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> on Sun, 01 May 2011 16:30:14 +0200:
>> Christian Hesse <address@hidden> writes:
>> > I do not like special characters in output. Can the backtick cause
>> > problems here? I would change that.
>> 
>> Hi Christian.  What is the problem in using `%s'?  Both quote characters
>> are plain US-ASCII.  They also both have "special" meanings in different
>> context, but neither should be relevant here, I hope, since the prompt
>> should be treated as opaque text by applications.
>
> Hmm... You are right, both are plain ASCII.
>
> Nevertheless... The backtick looks a bit uncommon to me... But I will not
> complain any more. ;)

They are not _that_ uncommon...  :-)

address@hidden:~$ rm -i foo
rm: remove regular file `foo'? ^C
address@hidden:~$ cp -v foo bar
`foo' -> `bar'
address@hidden:~$ 

/Simon