[Python-Dev] Why does the Windows installer use the shortname formof the install directory?

[Sjoerd Mullender]

On Fri, Oct 11 2002 Tim Peters wrote:

> [Moore, Paul]
> > ...
> > That's fair enough. And it's not major enough that I'm pushing
> > for anyone to waste time on it. I just thought I'd mention it in
> > case it was a simple change to a checkbox, or something.
> 
> It *almost* is a checkbox!  In WISE's idea of "a scripting language", the
> relevant line looks like this:
> 
>    Set Variable MAINDIR to %MAINDIR%
> 
> There's not a visible clue that this isn't a no-op.  If you double-click on
> the line in the WISE GUI, though, a dialog box pops up, with a dropdown list
> labeled "Operation", one of whose entries is
> 
>     Convert to short filename
> 
> There isn't another variant that adds "but only if it contains a space".
> 
> Beyond that, I'm stuck -- since Adobe graciously updated my Acrobat Reader,
> every attempt to view the WISE reference docs (pdf format) hard-freezes
> (power cycle required) my box.  I *like* your suggestion to skip this unless
> there's an embedded space, I just seem unable to do anything about it now
> (but it would still be for 2.3 -- mucking with 2.2 is too dangerous).

You should be able to put an If Statement / End Statement around it
with the If Statement property box containing If Variable: MAINDIR
Contains The Value: <space>.  I haven't actually tested this, but I
have used this statement with other values.

-- Sjoerd Mullender <sjoerd@acm.org>