File names with spaces (was: RE: First UI component needing replacement.)

[Jörg Rathlev <joerg jrsoftware de>]

[Oh, sh... - again, the old reply-to-does-not-reply-to-list issue. Sorry you
got this mail twice, Colin.]

> > How many file names have you seen with "?" in the name? Or space
> > for that matter?
> >
> > Perhaps this is a matter of choice, but I'd prefer to not use
> > either of those characters in my file names if they made entering
> > file names easier.
>
> There are 226 files with space in the name (or path) on my system.
> (locate " " | wc). And, while I have done so in the past, these days I
> don't put spaces in filenames if I can help it. The problem with
> files, though, is that they come from all sorts of different places.
> You only create a small fraction of the files that you have on your
> system, and many of the files that you get will be from Windows users,
> who have no qualms about putting a space in the filename.

I'm not sure how many files with a space I have on my (Windows) system - the
"improved" Windows 2000 finds-files-but-looks-like-a-web-search sh** does
not allow to search for such files :(

What I do know is that in Windows 2000 I have at least the following
folders:

Dokumente und Einstellungen (Documents and Settings?), All Users, Default
User, Eigene Dateien (My Documents), Lokale Einstellungen (Local Settings?),
Temporary Internet Files, Internet Explorer, ComPlus Applications,
Gemeinsame Dateien (Common Files), Outlook Express, Windows NT, Connection
Wizard, Downloded Program Files, Offline Web Pages

All of those were created by Windows 2000 automatically, and I don't think
it will be possible to rename all of them without trouble. If you care about
compatibility and not annoying users, allow file names with spaces.


Jörg