Re: [Dev-C++] Installing Dev-C++ on Windows XP

Yes, every MinGW tool - on their own - will work in directories with
spaces and with file names containing spaces, but every caller - and
Makefiles etc - must specifically add break characters or quote paths and
file names. There is no real difference from when using them on a Unix
machine.

/pwm

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Jonathan Winterflood wrote:

> Compiler toolchains have a historical limitation of ton accepting
> whitespaces in filenames passed to them (options on the command-line are
> seperated withe spaces), back from the times when whitespace was illegal in
> filenames.
>
> This is why dev-cpp does not want you to have any spaces there.
> I don't know if this limitation is still true about the compiler dev-cpp
> uses...
> I guess you could try moving it and see what happens
>
> HTH,
> Jonathan
>
> On 9/30/07, Elliott Slaughter <ire...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> > The tilde is also a taboo character, and gets you the same error as white
> > space.
> >
> > I guess I could install it to a new directory like C:\Bin\Dev-Cpp, but I
> > would  prefer not to install it to C:\Dev-Cpp because I don't want random
> > program subdirectories in the root directory.
> >
> > Are there any other options?
> >
> > I would like to comment to the makers of the install file that it should
> > allow you to set the directory to any valid Windows directory without
> > imposing limits on white space and such. While the default directory can be
> > C:\Dev-Cpp, and while it might be a good idea in general to avoid white
> > space and such in names, there really shouldn't be arbitrary limits stopping
> > users from doing so if they really want to.
> >
> > On 9/30/07, Radu Siulea <ra...@tr...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Try *C:\progra~1* for *c:\Program Files*
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > *From:* dev...@li... [mailto:
> > > dev...@li...] * On Behalf Of *Elliott
> > > Slaughter
> > > *Sent:* Sunday, September 30, 2007 6:02 AM
> > > *To:* dev...@li...
> > > *Subject:* [Dev-C++] Installing Dev-C++ on Windows XP
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I am attempting to install Dev-C++ on my Windows XP machine using the
> > > automatic installer (devcpp-4.9.9.2_setup.exe), and I am having problems
> > > getting it to install into the directory I want it to. The default directory
> > > is "C:\Dev-Cpp", but I would like it to install into the "C:\Program Files"
> > > directory. However, when I try to do this, I get an error saying
> > > "Installation directory cannot contain ' '. Only letters, numbers, and
> > > ':-_\' are allowed." which gets in the way of my installing it where I want
> > > it. I could just install it in the default location, but I prefer to keep my
> > > root directory clean of specific applications, or I could move it after
> > > installing it, but I really don't want to go into the registry to fix
> > > everything. So if I can't get it to install nicely I am more likely just use
> > > MSVC instead.
> > >
> > > Thanks for all assistance in advance.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Elliott Slaughter
> > >
> > > "Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere." -
> > > Frank Herbert
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> >
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