@xiota commented on this pull request.
@@ -2414,17 +2419,39 @@ void utils_start_new_geany_instance(const gchar *doc_path)
}
+#if defined(G_OS_WIN32) && !defined(HAVE_REALPATH) +/* realpath implementation for Windows found at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342926 + * this one is better than e.g. liberty's lrealpath because this one uses Win32 API and works + * with special chars within the filename */ +static char *realpath(const char *pathname, char *resolved_path) +{ + int size; + + if (resolved_path != NULL) + { + size = GetFullPathName(pathname, PATH_MAX, resolved_path, NULL);
I had read that this version of the function would automatically use the A or W version depending on whether unicode is enabled. But further reading indicates that it's not so straightforward to switch between the two versions. So will revert the change.