Re: [Xquartz-dev] spaces in pathnames
30 Jun
2008
30 Jun
'08
2:54 a.m.
On Jun 29, 2008, at 19:40, Russell Whitaker wrote:
I think spaces in path names is a BAD idea. Breaks too many things in the command line environment.
Yes. I agree, but we want software to "just work" even when users make horrifically bad decisions.
30 Jun
30 Jun
1:33 p.m.
New subject: spaces in pathnames
+ Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu@freedesktop.org>:
On Jun 29, 2008, at 19:40, Russell Whitaker wrote:
I think spaces in path names is a BAD idea. Breaks too many things in the command line environment.
Yes. I agree, but we want software to "just work" even when users make horrifically bad decisions.
Including when they put any mixture of single quotes, double quotes, backslashes and dollar signs in said path names? ;-> I suspect you cannot win this one. - Harald
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