Running process that has space characters in its path name with emacs on Windows 7

Question

For F# mode in emacs, one need the following line in .emacs. The problem is that because of space between file path, C-c C-s doesn't work.

(setq fsharp-compiler "C:/Program Files/Microsoft F#/v4.0/fsc.exe")

I had to copy the F# compilers to the directory that doesn't have space in its file path.

(setq fsharp-compiler "C:/app/fsharp/fsc.exe")

How to run a process that has a space in its path name with emacs?

Answer 1

Hi,

First, make sure you have a recent version of the F# mode (that was a bug fixed in June). Then, follow the instructions in the README file!

This line is given as an example: (setq fsharp-compiler "\"c:\\Program Files\\Microsoft F#\\v4.0\\Fsc.exe\"")