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Re: PATCH: edit-command-line with spaces in EDITOR

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From: Clint Adams <clint@xxxxxxx>
To: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: PATCH: edit-command-line with spaces in EDITOR
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:45:17 +0000
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On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 06:07:50PM +0100, Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> I'm not convinced this is a good idea. If the binary or path to it
> contains a space, you just broke it. It's probably better to just tell
> people to make a short wrapper script. Also, if some apps parse spaces
> in EDITOR and others don't, then you effectively have to _both_ keep
> the path+binary space-free and not give any arguments. That seems
> suboptimal. FWIW git interprets spaces in EDITOR but... AFAIK it has
> always been the name of a binary and nothing more.

Are you aware of any applications which _do not_ split EDITOR on spaces
or is this all theoretical?

Follow-Ups:
- Re: PATCH: edit-command-line with spaces in EDITOR
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: PATCH: edit-command-line with spaces in EDITOR
  - From: Mikael Magnusson

References:
- PATCH: edit-command-line with spaces in EDITOR
  - From: Clint Adams
- Re: PATCH: edit-command-line with spaces in EDITOR
  - From: Mikael Magnusson

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