thanks for the help On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Ben Schmidt <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 28/04/11 3:39 AM, cyboman wrote: > >> i need to run an executable from vim. the problem that i'm facing is >> that directory names in the path to this file contain spaces and vim >> doesn't recognize that. >> >> here is the problem >> C:\Documents and Settings\myhomedirectory\someotherdirectory >> \executable.exe >> >> when i execute from vim >> !C:\\Documents\ and\ Settings\\myhomedirectory\\someotherdirectory\ >> \executable.exe >> >> i get the following message >> >> C:\\Documents >> > > I wonder what happened to the rest of the message. > > Anyway... > > I think it's because Vim basically passes the commandline to cmd.exe > which doesn't understand backslash escapes. Try enclosing in double > quotes instead. > > !"C:\\Documents and Settings\\home\\otherdir\\executable.exe" > > Not sure about doubling the backslashes, but I think it's > 'optional'--but maybe it would work better without, so if the above > doesn't work, maybe try single backslashes. > > Ben. > > > > -- 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
