[hatari-devel] Most suitable GEMDOS path character replacement?

[Eero Tamminen <oak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I noticed a small problem with current GEMDOS HD emulation.
If host file name contains characters that are invalid for
GEMDOS, Hatari replaces them with '@' characters which are
valid.

However, '@' has special meaning in INF files, which Hatari
uses to implement program autostarting.  I.e. currently
autostart doesn't work for programs that have invalid
characters.


Any sugggestions on what character I should use as replacement
instead of '@'?

It should be rarely used in Atari file names (to avoid file
name conflicts), valid for GEMDOS file names & paths, and
not cause problems in INF files or e.g. in GEM file selectors.


	- Eero