Re: Source code for gtk-demo

[devilsclaw <devilsclaw devilsclaws net>]

Sorry for the reply with no content. im really off lately.
and here is what i ment to send.

I guess since my shell defaults to \ with directories or file names that
have spaces and windows requires "" around parameters passed the the
executable i was wrong about linux also being able to use "" for
parameters passed to the executable.. sorry.

On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 16:26 +0100, David NeÄas (Yeti) wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 09:14:59PM -0800, devilsclaw wrote:
> > for example if you plan on compiling a console app in visual studios the
> > entry point that is there converts the parameters passed to the exe to
> > the standard c format. which is still a little different from the way
> > unix and linux pass parameters.
> >
> > in linux it uses \ for files with spaces in there name. where in windows
> > it puts "" around the string with spaces in it.
>
> I suggest to check the reality.  I'm not entirely sure what
> `it' stands for here, but no related noun (shell, execve,
> libc entry code, kernel, ...) does any such thing on Linux.
> And there is no occasion when it would make sense to do --
> unless you mean running other programs via the shell, but in
> this case `it' is your program and you can use any quoting
> the shell understands, e.g. double quotes.
>
> Yeti
>
>
> --
> Whatever.
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