Windows: If file name on command line starts with space, preceding backslash is lost #371
Description
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Create a file named " testfile.txt" (leading space).
2. Start Vim and pass the file name on the command line, including at least one
parent directory (i.e. gvim.exe "test\ testfile.txt")
What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I would expect Vim to open the file. Instead, it swallows the backslash before
the space and opens "test testfile.txt" as a new file.
What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
7.4.711 (Cream vanilla), Windows 8.1
Please provide any additional information below.
The same effect occurs when using the shell context menu. The bug is in Vim,
see below:
C:\test>py -3 -c "import sys; print(str(sys.argv))" "test\ testfile.txt"
['-c', 'test\\ testfile.txt']
Python does not lose the backslash.
Original issue reported on code.google.com by ch...@chrullrich.net on 11 Jun 2015 at 8:35