[time-nuts] Heather Problem..

[John Miles]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> Behalf Of WB6BNQ
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 3:07 PM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Heather Problem..
> 
> Hi Bud,
> 
> the /2 should be inside the quotes as you show it.  Of course the quotes
are not
> used in the windows environment.  That should be /3 if you are wanting to
go to
> port 3.  So your command line, used in the ICON or link, should read:
> 
> C:\Program Files\Heather\heather.exe /3

Actually that's not the case; the quotes are required anytime a pathname
with spaces is used.  Otherwise there would be no easy way for the OS to
tell where the filename stops and any command-line parameters begin.  If it
weren't for the space in the "Program Files" subdirectory name, the quotes
wouldn't be needed at all. 

So in the case of Heather, yes, you do need the quotes for Windows' benefit,
and you also need a space after the closing quote for Heather's benefit.

(Pro tip: If you know that your Program Files directory has the short name
progra~1, you could change the shortcut to use
c:\progra~1\heather\heather.exe and dispense with the quotes.  This hack is
less straightforward now that 64-bit versions of Windows use "Program Files
(x86)" for legacy 32-bit software like LH.  On my system, Heather ends up in
c:\progra~2\heather\heather.exe.)

-- john, KE5FX