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sanitize Windows file url for the web
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gistfile1.txt
image_path = "\images\foo\myimage.png"
image_path = image_path.dump.gsub(/\\\\/,"/").gsub("\"", "")
#total crazyness to cope with windows cut&paste url with backslashes instead of forward slashes:we convert to / just to avoid troubles...
#cover scenarios where Windows users find where a file is using windows explorer and copy the location from there(therefore with backslashes)
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