python code does not like spaces in filenames

[dave hingley]

if and folder containing synfig stage has a space in the name, synfig stage will not run

[Mike Hingley (computa-mike)]

Python shouldn't care about spaces in names - however Linux does. When CD'ing or interacting with the terminal or Shell - you need to escape the space. This is because Linux uses the space command to separate input parameters.

For example if you type :

cd /usr/dave/desktop/project files

then cd command assumes that the space (between project and files) splits 2 different sets of parameters.

to rectify this you can escape the space using \

cd /usr/dave/desktop/project\ files

A write up of it (basic) can be found here : http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/237724-50-type-file-names-space-terminal.

Can you confirm that this is the issue?

[Mike Hingley (computa-mike)]

marking this as potentially invalid - Dave - if you can confirm that the issue is indeed related to escaping spaces on the terminal, then this bug can be closed. Also - remember that pressing TAB will auto-complete the current line, automatically replacing spaces with \spaces