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diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/win32-dlls.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/win32-dlls.sgml index 96b5f1c6ea..75d5f30f0e 100644 --- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/win32-dlls.sgml +++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/win32-dlls.sgml @@ -10,14 +10,20 @@ The installer that installs GHC on Win32 also sets up the file-suffix associatio for ".hs" and ".lhs" files so that double-clicking them starts <command>ghci</command>. </para> <para> -One little hitch happens if you right-click on a file, select "Open With..." and -then pick <command>ghci</command>. If the filename has spaces in, what will happen is -that GHC will get invoked like this: +Be aware of that <command>ghc</command> and <command>ghci</command> do +require filenames containing spaces to be escaped using quotes: <programlisting> - c:\ghc\bin\ghci \Documents and Settings\MyFile.lhs + c:\ghc\bin\ghci "c:\\Program Files\\Haskell\\Project.hs" </programlisting> -So it looks to GHC as if there are three arguments, "\Documents", "and", and "Settings\MyFile.lhs". + +<para> +If the quotes are left off in the above command, <command>ghci</command> will +interpret the filename as two, "c:\\Program" and "Files\\Haskell\\Project.hs". </para> + +<!-- not clear whether there are current editions of Win32 OSes that + doesn't do this by default. + <para> Solution: don't use "Open With...", avoid spaces in file names, or fiddle with the appropriate registry setting: <programlisting> @@ -26,8 +32,8 @@ or fiddle with the appropriate registry setting: Notice how the "%1" argument is quoted (or not). </para> <para> This problem doesn't occur when double-clicking. - </para> +--> </sect1> |