[PD-dev] changing glob_setfilename() to handle spaces in the dirname

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Doh, I think I just found Miller's technique: pdtk_enquote.  I'll try  
that to see if it works.

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On Apr 28, 2008, at 11:56 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

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> On Apr 28, 2008, at 4:43 AM, Claude Heiland-Allen wrote:
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>> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>> How does that sound?
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>> Hacky.  What about multiple consecutive spaces? etc
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> Multiple consecutive spaces would be turned into one space.  That  
> is true.  I am sure there are other names that won't make it thru.
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>>> Any better approach?
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>> Some sort of escaping mechanism to allow spaces (and other  
>> characters)
>> to be safely transmitted in symbols in both directions.
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> That would be nice, but not so easy, for whatever reason.  I think  
> that has been on the table for years.  Do you have any ideas on an  
> escape mechanism?
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> In the mean time, I've used this binbuf technique in some externals  
> and it has worked pretty well.  I think it is a decent hack until  
> there is a real escape mechanism.
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> .hc
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>>> .hc
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>> Claude
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