From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Dave Humphries" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Space in compiler file name Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:30:03 +1100 Message-ID: <24E36F57378E2A49B8D5EE98904F2E2E017C2E98@osiris.olympus.dytech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1140514965 11034 80.91.229.2 (21 Feb 2006 09:42:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:42:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 21 10:42:40 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FBU2M-0000qr-CC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:42:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FBTtQ-0003fQ-DV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:33:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FBQ83-0004g5-Bk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:32:03 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FBQ7z-0004e7-PO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:32:02 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FBQ6C-0001xM-6c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:30:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [203.55.103.162] (helo=osiris.olympus.dytech.com.au) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FBQCN-0005u3-L8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:36:32 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Space in compiler file name Thread-Index: AcY2n928k/1NNBmHRhKtW0B/xxWndAAB9jLw Original-To: "Brian Elmegaard" , X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:33324 Archived-At: Have you tried with back slashes (maybe even double back slashes) and quotes?=20 -----Original Message----- From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dave.humphries=3Ddytech.com.au@gnu.org [mailto:help-gnu-emacs-bounces+dave.humphries=3Ddytech.com.au@gnu.org] = On Behalf Of Brian Elmegaard Sent: Tuesday, 21 February 2006 8:43 AM To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: Re: Space in compiler file name Eli Zaretskii writes: > Did you try to quote the file name which has the embedded spaces? Yes, I have tried: c:/program files/dna/bin/dna.exe 'c:/program files/dna/bin/dna.exe' "c:/program files/dna/bin/dna.exe"=20 c:/program\ files/dna/bin/dna.exe=20 > compile-command is conceptually a string that you would type at the=20 > shell's prompt, so you need to quote or escape any characters special=20 > for the shell, as you would when you type the command interactively. I can do it in the windows shell. So emacs somehow interferes when it passes this to the shell. How could I escape or quote a space in a shell command? tia, -- Brian (remove the sport for mail) http://www.et.web.mek.dtu.dk/Staff/be/be.html http://www.rugbyklubben-speed.dk _______________________________________________ help-gnu-emacs mailing list help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs