Andy Wokula wrote: > Am 16.02.2012 05:54, schrieb Bram Moolenaar: > > Ben Fritz wrote: > > > >> I think we should do the auto-escaping, with shellxquote=(, and > >> additionally add a help note by :! and system() that "According to > >> the Microsoft documentation for cmd.exe, you either need to escape > >> (with a ^ character) any of these characters appearing literally in > >> your command, or surround them in quotes ("):> ( ) @ ^ |." Should we > >> mention that Vim will escape them again, and also escape "? > > > > Yes, I think the user should escape& and | when they appear in a > > command. I haven't verified, but I believe they are illegal in a file > > name. > > `|' is illegal in a file name, but `&' is not.
Weird. > Characters with special meaning [1]: " < > | & ( ) @ ^ > Characters that can't be used in file names: " < > | * ? > Characters to be escaped [2] in a file name: Space & ( ) @ ^ > > [1] Vim should escape these with `^' > [2] prepend `^' or enclose file name in quotes > > > > Please try the patch below. I currently do not have a Windows machine > > to try this out. > > Does the patch escape special characters? I can't see code for it. > Again, suggested settings are: > shellcmdflag: /c > shellxquote: ( > escape special characters with `^' I am against automatic escaping, because it makes it impossible to have a & separate two commands. The user should do the escaping. Generally, Vim should do as little as possible. We currently don't do any of this ^ escaping, I am very hesitant to start this now. Also because it is unclear to me where the un-escaping is done. The echo example is confusing. > IMHO shellxquote = '"(' should not be supported, it was an > intermediate solution with its own problems. I thought the conclusion was this was the best solution overall. What are the problems? -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 68. Your cat always puts viruses on your dogs homepage /// Bram Moolenaar -- b...@moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php