diff src/os_unix.c @ 12343:72046661f6d0 v8.0.1051

patch 8.0.1051: cannot run terminal with spaces in argument commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9d654a8d8cd3421307445f111785fb303a38c2a0 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Sep 3 19:52:17 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.1051: cannot run terminal with spaces in argument Problem: Cannot run terminal with spaces in argument. Solution: Accept backslash to escape space and other characters. (closes #1999)
author Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
date Sun, 03 Sep 2017 20:00:04 +0200
parents 50b0b3aaa545
children d7f087d1b0e5
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--- a/src/os_unix.c
+++ b/src/os_unix.c
@@ -4094,8 +4094,17 @@ mch_parse_cmd(char_u *cmd, int use_shcf,
 	    ++*argc;
 	    while (*p != NUL && (inquote || (*p != ' ' && *p != TAB)))
 	    {
-		if (*p == '"')
+		if (p[0] == '"')
 		    inquote = !inquote;
+		else if (p[0] == '\\' && p[1] != NUL)
+		{
+		    /* First pass: skip over "\ " and "\"".
+		     * Second pass: Remove the backslash. */
+		    if (i == 1)
+			mch_memmove(p, p + 1, STRLEN(p));
+		    else
+			++p;
+		}
 		++p;
 	    }
 	    if (*p == NUL)