Re: [h-e-w] handling space in the path

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

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> From:  Guangran Zhu <address@hidden>
> Subj:  [h-e-w] handling space in the path
> Date:  Fri 10 Oct 2008 8:26
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> Dear Emacs users,
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> I am using GNU EMACS 22.3.1 on windows XP 32bit. I would like to associated 
> different file format, e.g. *.djvu with the right program to view it, e.g. 
> windjview.exe. When I press ENTER on the file name in the dired mode, the 
> file will be opened in the right program. I notice there is a lisp script 
> "extview.el" available. I placed it under emacs/site-lisp/. and in my 
> ".emacs" file, inserted this clause:
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> (require 'extview)
> (push '("\\.djvu$" . "C:\\New Folder\\WinDjView-0.5.exe %s") 
> extview-application-associations)
> 
> I received " Spawning child process: invalid argument" in the mini-buffer 
> when attempting to open a djvu file. If I write this clause:
> 
> (push '("\\.djvu$" . "C:\\WinDjView-0.5.exe %s") 
> extview-application-associations)
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> I am safe. My question is: How does this space make a difference in my emacs 
> to search the right file? How could I handle this space in the path?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Guangran Kevin Zhu
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