Re: [Bug-ed] Trailing spaces in filenames

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Gabriel Farrell wrote:
> Yes! My point exactly. It's inconsistent!
>
>   Spaces before filename: counted only when escaped
>   Spaces after filename: counted even when they're not escaped

It is not inconsistent. It is just a limitation of the user interface.

In full screen editors, when you press the key to load a file the 
program prompts you to enter a file name and, usually, uses the file 
name as given, spaces included.

In environments where command and file name are on the same line, like 
the shell or the ed command mode, the beginning of the file name needs 
to be marked somehow. In the case of ed, just escaping the first space 
is enough to mark the beginning of the file name:

$ echo "Hello, world" > "   a.txt"
$ ed -v
e \   a.txt
13
,p
Hello, world
q
rm "   a.txt"
$


> This small change leads us to a saner world where spaces on both sides
> of the filename are only counted when escaped.

It will be even saner when the authors of rlfe fix this minor bug in 
their code. :-)


Regards,
Antonio.