On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Paul A. Rubin wrote:

> > "Error!  Couldn't create directory:  
> >  C:/My Home/Lyxfiles/.lyx "
> > 
> 
> Cygwin doesn't like spaces withina path (nor do Unix and its clones, as 
> far as I can remember).  I gave up on putting my LyX home directory under 
> 
> If you really want to put your home directory under "My Home", try 
> entering it as "C:/My\ Home/Lyxfiles" and see if that works.  I tried 
> this once and gave up.  Can't recall for sure, but I think LyX was ok 

No, you should use quotes or backslash-space but not both. In linux, all 
these would work:

My\ Home/Lyxfiles
"My Home/Lyxfiles"
"My Home"/Lyxfiles
My" "Home/Lyxfiles

(also single quotes inst. of double quotes work)

BUT

"My\ Home/Lyxfiles"

will not work! (unless of course there actually is a blackslash in the 
directory name)

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Steven Homolya
School of Physics and Materials Engineering
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