> >> Agreed, no quotes on Unix.  I'm just wondering what to do 
> on Windows.
> 
> > I would require the user to add quotes around his 
> executable if it has 
> > spaces.
> 
> > set EDITOR="C:/Program Files/vim/vim63/gvim.exe" -y
> 
> I think this policy is OK for the Mac OS X case, but I am 
> wondering if it will cause any compatibility problems on 
> Windows.  In particular, if other programs expect to 
> double-quote EDITOR themselves, then there'd be no way to 
> make the same value work for both PG and the others.

I don't think I've seen a single windows program that uses the EDITOR
variable. There are some ported unix tools, but that's it. Native
windows program will have a per-program setting for this. The system
default is picked based on file extension. So I doubt it will break a
lot of things.

If we're very worried about this, how about using PGEDITOR instead of
EDITOR?

//Magnus


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