Re: C:/Documents\ is not recognized internal or external command

On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 11:07:03 AM UTC-5, Ben Fritz wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 9:00:47 AM UTC-6, FlashBurn wrote:
> > I'm trying to run a set of settings for a project but I can't figure out what goes wrong. When I try to run make I get the following error:
> >
> > C:/Documents\ is not recognized internal or external command
> >
> > It looks like vim can't escape white space. Does anybody know how can I do that?
> >
> > Here is my vim script:
> >
> > " Setup the project home directory.
> > let project_home = "C:/Documents\\ and\\ Settings/user/Projects/myproject"
> > let &makeprg = project_home."/tools/make.exe"
> > set cd=project_home
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
>
> Vim understands escaped spaces.
>
> Windows does not.
>
> Vim invokes the Windows cmd.exe shell to run makeprg.
>
> Do you need project_home for anything else?
>
> Try:
>
> let raw_project_home = 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Projects\myproject'
> let vim_project_home = fnameescape(raw_project_home)
> let shell_project_home = shellescape(raw_project_home)
>
> let &makeprg = shell_project_home."/tools/make.exe"
>
> Note that 'shellslash' on Windows, if set, will break shellescape(). So if you use that option you'll need to temporarily unset it for this.

Thanks for help Ben. I'm trying to set my vim to work with the project plugin. I want a vim script to run every time I open a given vim project. I will let you know if your suggestion worked.

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