RE: Newbie advice needed - setting up under Windows XP

I hope that you wouldn't suggest that because one person's software can't
manage spaces, that that excuses anyone else's sloppiness?

SVN handles the spaces gracefully (as it should); the config files are in
"C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Subversion".

This is real life. Directories sometimes have spaces in them. I don't create
them, but I can't assume that noone else will. I always have to quote
defensively.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: John Peacock [mailto:jpeacock@rowman.com]
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 9:01 AM
To: Mark
Cc: 'Mike Mason'; users@subversion.tigris.org
Subject: Re: Newbie advice needed - setting up under Windows XP

Mark wrote:

> Seriously, "X:\Documents and Settings" is a real folder, just like "/home"
> on *nix. Inside is a folder for each user. It's EXACTLY analagous to /home
> on *nix. All your user-specific files should go inside. Anything you'd put
> in ~ on *nix should go in "C:\Documents and Settings\username" on XP.

Except that "X:\Documents and Settings" contains a space in it's name
(actually
2), which is a considerable flaw, since it requires all access to that
folder to
be carefully quoted. And no, even M$oft's code doesn't always do it right
(which is why you'll occasionally see the 8.3 compatibility name for it
showing up).

Just say no to spaces in filenames, directories, and usernames too!

John

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