Re: [Plplot-devel] Space in full pathname issues

2017-05-05 Thread Alan W. Irwin
To Arjen and Chris: @Arjen: I saw your remark that you were going to write off the Cygwin platform for case (4) testing, but please hold off on that decision until Chris clarifies what he said below: On 2017-05-05 08:24-0400 Chris Marshall wrote: > cygwin doesn't handle install directories with

Re: [Plplot-devel] Space in full pathname issues

2017-05-05 Thread Chris Marshall
You could still test the plplot space fixes, but you shouldn't install cygwin into a location with whitespace in its pathname to do so. On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 8:34 AM, Arjen Markus wrote: > Hi Chris, > > > > Thanks for the warning – I will not try to test this feature on Cygwin > then. > > > > R

Re: [Plplot-devel] Space in full pathname issues

2017-05-05 Thread Arjen Markus
Hi Chris, Thanks for the warning - I will not try to test this feature on Cygwin then. Regards, Arjen From: Chris Marshall [mailto:devel.chm...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2017 2:25 PM To: Arjen Markus Cc: PLplot development list Subject: Re: [Plplot-devel] Space in full pathname i

Re: [Plplot-devel] Space in full pathname issues

2017-05-05 Thread Chris Marshall
cygwin doesn't handle install directories with whitespace fully or at all. At any rate, you would not be able to determine if a failure was from a bad fix at the plplot level or the underlying cygwin and the white space. Cheers, Chris On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 2:41 AM, Arjen Markus wrote: > Hi A