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Re: Ed.bat won't open file

• Posted by Alex Caracatsanis <sunpsych at ncable.com.au> Jun 26, 2007
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Robert Craig wrote:
> 
> Alex Caracatsanis wrote:
> > I've just noticed that with Eu3.1 ed.bat can't open my file (eg MyProg.exw)
> 
> You might be using a version of ed.bat that runs ex.exe,
> rather than exwc.exe, so it doesn't handle long filenames very well.
> If you type:
>    ex where ed.bat
> at a command prompt, it should tell you which ed.bat it is picking up,
> based on your PATH environment variable.
> Have a look at ed.bat with ed or NotePad or something to see if
> it has ex.exe or exwc.exe.
> Perhaps you are picking up the old version of ed.bat that is
> installed for pre-XP systems by the DOS/WIN installer. 
> If so, fix your PATH. I think if you fix this problem, 
> then the .exu problem won't happen.
>  
> Regards,
>    Rob Craig
>    Rapid Deployment Software
>    <a href="http://www.RapidEuphoria.com">http://www.RapidEuphoria.com</a>

Thanks Rob. I've done as above, and have reinstalled 3.1. My ed.bat says:
    exwc.exe ed.ex %1 %2 %3

Still get the same behaviour: ie I have a source file on a path whose name
has a hard space (eg: c:\Eu Projects\MyProg.exw); I can open it with ed
after right-clicking on the file name; but can't run it by pressing Esc + e

Not to worry tho - it all runs properly from a command prompt if I use cd\
and type the pathname and filename myself, so no fuss. Just thought I'd
mention it in case I was overlooking something simple...

Thank you all the same.

Alex Caracatsanis