[vlc-devel] vlc plugin and attachment:// URIs

[Michael A. Puls II]

On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:05:49 -0400, Rémi <Denis-Courmont"  
<remi at remlab.net>> wrote:

> Le lundi 20 juillet 2009 23:44:16 Michael A. Puls II, vous avez écrit :
>> > If it's attachment:/ as you said earlier, it's plain broken.
>>
>> Why would "attachment://" be any easier than "attachment:/" to tell that
>> you have an attachment URI?
>
> attachment:// is syntaxically valid as a URI scheme. attachment:/ can be
> mistaken for a file path. We need a way to disambiguate. One way is to  
> assume
> that file paths are NEVER used as is (without the file:// prefix).  
> Otherwise,
> attachment:/ is not acceptable.
>

O.K. I see what you're saying.

I'll get back with you. Thanks very much.

-- 
Michael