Re: problems with embedded spaces in file paths (Win32)

[George White <aa056@chebucto.ns.ca>]

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Fabrice Popineau wrote:

> > 1.  on Win32, kpsewhich often fails to find texexec.ini.  I created a
> 
> I have applied a couple of patches to texexec and texutil. They are
> attached.

The Sept. 5th rc had the patches in texexec.pl, but not in texutil.pl.
I don't think my files work enough to get to that section of texutil
(I added some print statements around the patch and don't see any output).

Now I have a problem with texfont, which reports:

processing aborted: unknown tex root c:/program

I applied the same recipe as in texutil:

chop($fontroot);
$fontroot = "\"$fontroot\"" if ($fontroot =~ m/^[^\"].* / ? "\"" : "") ;

but now I get:

processing aborted: unknown tex root "c:/program
files/texlive/texmf-local"

This is starting to look like too much work.  We are supposed to
move from Win98 to WinXP "real soon now".  Are these problems also
present for WinXP?  For myself, *n*x works, but some groups rely on
Adobe Illustrator + Photoshop and understandably are reluctant to give
up Win32.

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