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#151 Bad Paths in .mgedrc (win32)
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2008-05-07
2008-01-08
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When using the Create/Update menu option in the Windows Port of MGED, it creates the following two variables with bad paths:
# Determines where to look for MGED's html documentation
set mged_default(html_dir) /Program Files/BRL-CAD/doc/html/manuals/mged
# Specifies the web browser
set mged_default(web_browser) /Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe
The windows port should be fixed to generate the lines to look like this:
# Determines where to look for MGED's html documentation
set mged_default(html_dir) \/Program\ Files\/BRL\-CAD\/doc\/html\/manuals\/mged
# Specifies the web browser
set mged_default(web_browser) \/Program\ Files\/Internet\ Explorer\/iexplore\.exe
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Does it work if you simply quote the path? Windows (and Tcl in particular) isn't supposed to care on the C side, but the space unquoted on "Program Files" is a glaring problem regardless of the platform.
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Sean,
After putting the paths in quotes, smacking my forehead and saying DOH, I can verify that quotes do indeed work.
-Dave L
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Please check this patch http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1940958&group_id=105292&atid=640804
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Elena's patch did indeed fix this, which Bob indirectly ended up applying and is now in the latest release of BRL-CAD.