On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Terry J. Reedy <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:
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> Terry J. Reedy added the comment:
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> This patch (I suspect it is this one) disabled the use of '/' in filenames on windows when using filename completion.
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> 'c:\ <wait, tab, ^space bring up box> in 3.2.3 and 3.3.0>
> (If there is no 'r' prefix, it really should require '\\' to be safe.)
+1 for requiring \\.
I'll test this tomorrow and report back the behaviour. On Linux it
seems that the window only pops up when you press tab. I think
behaviour should be as identical on all platforms as possible.