It might be more straightforward to set the setting using let, eg
:let &path = 'C:\my\ projects/...'
I tried a simpler such path containing a space under linux and `:find`
was able to find a file there.
Cheers
-Ted
On Aug 9, 11:26 pm, Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechely...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 07/08/10 07:31, just wrote:
>
>
>
> > 2010/8/7 Jeri Raye <jeri.r...@gmail.com <mailto:jeri.r...@gmail.com>>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I would like add a path in a setting
> > for example:
> > set tags=c:\my projects\test\tags
> > (notice the space char between my and projects)
>
> > You can use the two methods to setting
> > 1>set tags="c:\my projects\test\tags"
> > 2>set tags=c:\my~1\test\tags
>
> Hm, #1 won't work, because spaces and double-quotes (also backslashes
> and vertical bars) must be backslash-escaped in an option value, see
> ":help option-backslash"). Try either
>
> set tags=C:/my\ projects/test/tags
> or
> set tags=C:/my\\ projects/test/tags
> or
> set tags=\"C:/my\ projects/test/tags\"
>
> (I'm not sure which will work)
>
> and #2 won't work either, because it is not the correct 8.3 name. It
> should be something like
>
> set tags=C:/MYPROJ~1/test/tags
>
> (Vim for Windows will usually accept either / or \ as path separators.)
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
> --
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> revolution inevitable.
> -- John F. Kennedy
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