("$1""$2" ... )
coincidentaly i read this in the bash manual today but i was puzzled by it not being
("$1" "$2" ... ) # separated by spaces
Sorry, my typo.
i didn't follow this thread but i assume that at some point the outcome will be summarized; keep in mind that patched need to work for windows as well (differ ent quoting)
How does Windows quoting work? Well, the whole story isn't needed, but only how would this ruby line `kpsewhich --expand-var '$TEXMFLOCAL'` differ on Windows relative to Unix? And the $@ -> "$@" change can be done in the Unix stubs only, so the change won't affect Windows (which uses .bat files and a different syntax). The other part of the patch was changing system() to be used within an if instead of a rescue block, and I got the return information about system() from the Programming Ruby manual online. It didn't say anything about it applying only to Unix, so that change should be safe too. -Sanjoy `Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.' --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.