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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Filenames_with_colons_cause_problems_for_Windows_users.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Filenames_with_colons_cause_problems_for_Windows_users.mdwn
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--- a/doc/bugs/Filenames_with_colons_cause_problems_for_Windows_users.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/Filenames_with_colons_cause_problems_for_Windows_users.mdwn
@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ Windows does not support filenames containing any of these characters: `/ \ * :
 >>> source on windows systems is desired, you'd have to remember to turn
 >>> that on when setting up a wiki, even if the wiki was hosted on unix.
 >>>
+>>> Ok, `wiki_file_chars` config option added, set to 
+>>> `"-[:alnum:]+/._"` to exclude colons from filenames read or written by
+>>> ikiwiki. [[done]]
+>>> 
 >>> BTW, I suspect there are lots of other problems with actually running
 >>> ikiwiki on windows, including its assumption that the directory
->>> separator is "/". --[[Joey]]
+>>> separator is "/". Windows will be supported when someone sends me a
+>>> comprehansive and not ugly or performance impacting patch. :-) --[[Joey]]
+
+> Speaking of Windows filename problems, how do I keep directories ending in a
+> period from being created? The following didn't seem to work.
+> `wiki_file_chars => "-[:alnum:]+/._",`
+> `wiki_file_regex => '[-[:alnum:]+_]$',`