On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 07:44, Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Caomai <[email protected]> wrote:
> > # Try: LEO_EDITOR="C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vim72\gvim.exe"
> > Result: "WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied."
> >
> > # Try: LEO_EDITOR=C:\PROGRA~2\Vim\vim72\gvim.exe
> > Result: Success
>
> [snip]
>
> > My take on this is that the path+name of the specified editor (in
> > either LEO_EDITOR or EDITOR) cannot have BLANKS in the path when the
> > executable needs to be searched for and cannot use QUOTES when
> > specifying the complete path (which is a common Windows convention for
> > path+file with blanks).
>
> Correct.  I'm not sure whether this can be fixed.  There are comments
> to this effect in c.openTempFileInExternalEditor that pertain to the
> 'os.system' way of specifying actions.  Is this what you are using?
> If so, maybe using another way would work.
>
> Or maybe this is just a documentation issue.  After all, you have
> found ways to get the job done.
>
> Edward
>
> IMO, I think that documentation is sufficient. There will always be
> discrepancies between operating systems. That is why there are POSIX
> initiatives!
>

-Shanw

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