From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15582 invoked from network); 25 Nov 2001 23:33:03 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 25 Nov 2001 23:33:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 23413 invoked by alias); 25 Nov 2001 23:32:46 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 4509 Received: (qmail 23399 invoked from network); 25 Nov 2001 23:32:45 -0000 Message-ID: <20011125233242.1956.qmail@web12303.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 18:32:42 -0500 (EST) From: Le Wang Subject: Re: compinit problems with CygWin and Win XP To: Zsh users list In-Reply-To: <1011125170839.ZM7581@candle.brasslantern.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii What I had done for win2k was set HOME to %USERPROFILE% from "My Computer" -> "Properties", and this worked fine. %USERPROFILE%="C:\Documents and Settings\lwang". I got the dump when i tried to resurrect this setting in XP. The problem seems to go away when I use a $HOME with no spaces in it. -lw --- Bart Schaefer wrote: > On Nov 24, 9:04pm, Le Wang wrote: > } Subject: Re: compinit problems with CygWin and Win > XP > } > } oops I had a space in my home directory's name. > } > } --- Le Wang wrote: > } > But now when I execute: > } > > } > autoload -U compinit > } > compinit > } > > } > I get this huge dump of functions: > > Do you mean the actual directory had a space in its > name, or the HOME > variable had a space in it that it shouldn't have? > > Either way, compinit should have worked properly. > In the case of the > HOME variable being wrong, it should simply fail to > write the dump file. > > Can you explain why having a space in your home > directory's name caused > this problem? > > -- > Bart Schaefer Brass > Lantern Enterprises > http://www.well.com/user/barts > http://www.brasslantern.com > > Zsh: http://www.zsh.org | PHPerl Project: > http://phperl.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________________ Build your own website in minutes and for free at http://ca.geocities.com