On Wed, 2 Jul 2014, Klaus Espenlaub wrote: > On 01.07.2014 15:31, Warren Block wrote: >> On Tue, 1 Jul 2014, Klaus Espenlaub wrote: >> >> ... >>> Ancient VirtualBox versions default to ~/.VirtualBox/Machines, and >>> newer versions default to ~/VirtualBox VMs, but stick to the old >>> default if it's an upgrade. One can switch to the new default though, >>> or pick a totally different directory. >> >> If there is a chance to change that default, please consider removing >> the space character from future versions. It is problematic on systems >> that normally use spaces as delimiters, involving extra quoting. The >> space really does not improve the readability of the directory name. > > Unlikely that there's any change of defaults in the foreseeable future. I > don't think that in today's world the stripping out of a space just to make > sloppy scripting slightly simpler is a valid justification.
Well, it's not just scripting, but any place that filename is used in a command where spaces are delimiters. On almost all operating systems, too. Given that, it seemed kind of odd that the space was added. I understand reluctance to change the default again. If it does eventually come up, please rethink the space at that time. Thanks! _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
