Re: Parsing a file name with spaces

Date	2026-03-29 11:11 +1100
Subject	Re: Parsing a file name with spaces
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On 29/03/2026 5:59 am, Anton Ertl wrote:
> ...
> If you insist on a parsing word, then in order to cover all possible
> file names, you should base your parsing word on S\", and the usage
> would be
> 
> tail\" a filename\twith a special character"
> 
> The definition might be:
> 
> : tail\" ['] s\" execute tail ;
> 
> As discussed, a parsing word that takes the rest of the line as
> string-name argument has a certain cuteness:
> 
> tail$ a filename with spaces

Many forths have INCLUDE and similar that parse filespecs.  Why can't
they be based on GETFILENAME or equivalent?  Apparently VFX offers ( )
as an additional delimiter.  None of this was my idea.  I spotted it
years ago.  Where I no longer recall but it caught my attention despite
having no immediate application in the OS I was using.

> but has the disadvantages that you cannot put comments on the same
> line, that trailing spaces are invisible, and that you cannot use
> special characters (tab may be ok, but is still problematic, because
> you usually do not see whether it is a tab or a series of spaces).
> ...

Why wouldn't a filespec delimited by " or BL allow comments?  Who sensibly
puts control characters in a filespec?  Were one forced to deal with
someone who foolishly did, as you say there's S\" to save the day but I
expect it to be exceptional and can be handled if/when the need arises.

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Parsing a file name with spaces Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-03-24 08:51 -0500
  Re: Parsing a file name with spaces peter <peter.noreply@tin.it> - 2026-03-24 15:24 +0100
  Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-03-25 01:28 +1100
    Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-03-25 21:24 +1100
      Re: Parsing a file name with spaces albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-03-25 14:57 +0100
  Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Stephen Pelc <stephen@vfxforth.com> - 2026-03-24 15:55 +0000
    Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-03-25 10:05 -0500
      Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-03-25 16:56 +0000
        Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-03-25 15:22 -0500
          Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-03-28 12:02 +1100
            Re: Parsing a file name with spaces albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-03-28 08:54 +0100
              Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-03-28 19:37 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces sjack@dontemail.me (sjack) - 2026-03-28 15:10 +0000
          Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-03-28 18:59 +0000
            Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-03-29 11:11 +1100
              Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-03-29 09:24 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-03-29 13:03 +0200
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-03-29 22:07 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-03-29 16:08 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-03-30 09:34 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-03-31 09:18 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-03-30 20:41 -0500
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-03-31 14:14 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-03-31 07:36 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-03-31 14:03 +0200
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-01 12:22 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-04-01 08:22 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-01 20:06 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-04-02 06:05 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-02 18:09 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-04-02 13:54 +0200
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-03 11:57 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-04-03 11:44 +0200
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-04 00:23 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-05 10:55 +1000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-05 11:50 +1000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-04-01 12:25 +0200
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-02 00:07 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-03-31 07:54 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-03-31 05:03 -0500
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-03-31 10:32 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-03-31 10:26 -0500
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-04-01 00:19 +0200
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-03-31 18:04 -0500
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-04-01 07:54 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-04-01 06:23 -0500
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-04-02 08:34 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-04-02 07:18 -0500
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-04-02 14:43 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-04-02 20:52 -0500
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-04-03 11:40 +0200
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces sjack@dontemail.me (sjack) - 2026-04-04 06:21 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-04-04 08:00 -0500
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces sjack@dontemail.me (sjack) - 2026-04-04 22:01 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-07 10:23 +1000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces sjack@dontemail.me (sjack) - 2026-04-07 14:26 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces sjack@dontemail.me (sjack) - 2026-04-07 15:05 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces sjack@dontemail.me (sjack) - 2026-04-07 17:09 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-08 12:25 +1000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Stephen Pelc <stephen@vfxforth.com> - 2026-04-09 10:22 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-01 19:13 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-04-02 05:55 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-02 17:44 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-03-31 13:41 +0200
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-03-31 10:18 -0500
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-01 11:28 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-04-01 08:17 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-01 19:42 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-04-01 12:13 +0200
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Gerry Jackson <do-not-use@swldwa.uk> - 2026-04-01 19:43 +0100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-02 12:18 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-02 12:43 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-04-02 09:07 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-02 21:50 +1100
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-04-02 09:11 +0000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-04-12 19:37 +0200
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-04-12 19:44 +0200
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-04-13 11:05 +1000
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-04-14 14:45 +0200
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-04-15 15:51 +0200
  Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-03-24 17:58 +0000
    Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-03-24 13:41 -0500
      Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-03-24 20:40 +0000
        Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-03-24 20:26 -0500
  Re: Parsing a file name with spaces albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-03-25 10:37 +0100
    Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-03-25 05:13 -0500
    Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Bigtreeman <treecolin@gmail.com> - 2026-03-26 09:16 +1000
      Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-03-25 20:57 -0500
      Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-03-28 19:14 +0000
        Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Bigtreeman <treecolin@gmail.com> - 2026-03-29 12:22 +1000
          Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2026-03-28 20:55 -0700
            Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Bigtreeman <treecolin@gmail.com> - 2026-03-29 17:00 +1000
              Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2026-03-29 19:05 -0700
                Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Bigtreeman <treecolin@gmail.com> - 2026-03-30 21:58 +1000
            Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-03-29 09:52 +0000
          Re: Parsing a file name with spaces anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-03-29 09:32 +0000
            Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Bigtreeman <treecolin@gmail.com> - 2026-03-30 22:10 +1000
  Re: Parsing a file name with spaces Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> - 2026-03-29 13:22 +0200

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