[racket] File name case when saving in Win 7

From: Gregory Woodhouse (gregwoodhouse at icloud.com)
Date: Sat Mar 2 17:42:31 EST 2013

Windows does save names in mixed case, but file name comparisons are case insensitive. I'm not sure normalizing case before saving is actually correct. 

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On Mar 2, 2013, at 12:10 PM, "David T. Pierson" <dtp at mindstory.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 10:59:06PM -0700, Danny Yoo wrote:
>> In "framework", the implementation does use normal-case-path in its
>> implementation for put-file:
>> 
>>    http://git.racket-lang.org/plt/blob/HEAD:/collects/framework/private/finder.rkt#l50
> 
> So that explains the cause, but what is the motivation behind this
> behavior?  I tested saving a new file in the following apps on Windows:
> 
> DrRacket
> Firefox
> Notepad
> WordPad
> Adobe Reader
> gVim
> 
> Only DrRacket changes the case of the file name that the user specifies.
> 
> Searching the bug database I see there is an open case for this:
> 
> http://bugs.racket-lang.org/query/?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=default&pr=6086
> 
> ... from 2003!
> 
> Maybe a solution is more readily available now?
> 
> David
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