[GRASS-dev] Re: [bug #4905] (grass) gis.m: d.text.freetype does not allow spaces in text

[Glynn Clements]

Hamish wrote:

> > > > There are two separate issues. gis.m has previously had problems
> > > > with arguments containing spaces, but there have been some fixes
> > > > in that area. If you come across this problem in the current CVS
> > > > version, file a bug report.
> > > 
> > > That is what this bug report is actually about (what I call the
> > > "gis.m  part of the bug") and it is still open as of CVS-head from
> > > yesterday.
> > 
> > So the gis.m bug is still present? I.e. you can't include spaces in
> > the text?
> 
> well the gis.m version obviously won't work, even with correct quoting,
> while the backend C code remains broken.

Whether or not gis.m "works" is a question of whether commands (not
necessarily d.text.freetype commands) containing spaces are handled
correctly.

Whether or not d.text.freetype itself works is a separate issue.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>