Ben Schmidt <mail_ben_schm...@yahoo.com.au>: > On 29/04/11 8:51 PM, Jan Larres wrote: >>Ben Schmidt<mail_ben_schm...@yahoo.com.au>: >>>>One of the ways to avoid spaces in Windows names of files and >>>>directories is to replace any "controversial" names by their 8.3 >>>>equivalents >>> >>>Of course, this will only work on filesystems that still support 8.3 >>>equivalents and have that functionality turned on, which isn't always >>>the case these days. Just a potential gotcha with that approach. >> >>Really? Ugh. I'm using this method for my 'Tagbar' plugin to call ctags >>(using system()) since shellescape() doesn't seem to work in Windows for >>this case. Could you give some information about when this might be the >>case? > > From what I can gather from a little Googling: > > - 8.3 filenames can only be disabled at all on NTFS volumes. > - They can be disabled system-wide from Windows NT onwards. > - They can be disabled per-volume on Windows 7. > - They are disabled by default on Windows (Server) 2008.
Thanks! I didn't expect you to Google it for me, though, I just thought you already knew some details :) Now to find some other workaround ... Jan -- -[ OpenPGP key ID: 00A0FD5F ]- Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. -- Oscar Wilde -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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