From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15003: 24.3; Function run-python fails on MS-Windows 7 Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:12:23 -0400 Message-ID: References: <8D05D130FFED31D-8E4-178DB@webmailstg-d03.sysops.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1376626400 20087 80.91.229.3 (16 Aug 2013 04:13:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 04:13:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 15003@debbugs.gnu.org To: lewcreary@cs.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 16 06:13:21 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VABPc-0000F0-Vw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 06:13:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56489 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VABPc-00012Y-EK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:13:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59961) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VABPS-0000qY-4n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:13:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VABPK-00068G-Rc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:13:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39190) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VABPK-000689-Ox for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:13:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VABPK-0004QD-5q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:13:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 04:13:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15003 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15003-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15003.137662635416949 (code B ref 15003); Fri, 16 Aug 2013 04:13:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15003) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Aug 2013 04:12:34 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33506 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VABOr-0004PJ-Al for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:12:33 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:3811) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VABOp-0004P3-JS for 15003@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:12:31 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFFLd/Nq/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IfAQVWIxALNBIUGA0QAYg3wS2NYYMpA6R6gV6DEw X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFFLd/Nq/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IfAQVWIxALNBIUGA0QAYg3wS2NYYMpA6R6gV6DEw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="22015122" Original-Received: from 75-119-243-106.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([75.119.243.106]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 16 Aug 2013 00:12:18 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id ECFE463160; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:12:23 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <8D05D130FFED31D-8E4-178DB@webmailstg-d03.sysops.aol.com> (lewcreary@cs.com's message of "Thu, 1 Aug 2013 17:13:11 -0400 (EDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:77411 Archived-At: > (run-python "c:/Program Files (x86)/Python/Python31/python.exe -i" nil t) This is ambiguous: maybe the program you want to run is in the file "c:/Program". Or is it "c:/Program Files"? Oh wait, maybe you meant the executable "c:/Program Files (x86)/Python/Python31/python.exe -i"? > ? ? ? ? (let* ((cmdlist (split-string-and-unquote cmd)) split-string-and-unquote was specifically used so that the user can resolve those ambiguities by quoting the elements that contain embedded spaces. E.g. try (run-python "\"c:/Program Files (x86)/Python/Python31/python.exe\" -i" nil t) -- Stefan