[bf1942] Linux server status update 2003-04-28

[Fredriksson, Andreas]

I was thinking about this today as well; something like

admin.executeRemoteCommand "object.method \"this has spaces\""

should be easy enough to implement. I'll try to get it in for 1.4.

// Andreas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ScratchMonkey [mailto:ScratchMonkey at SewingWitch.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 3:49 AM
> To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> Subject: Re: [bf1942] Linux server status update 2003-04-28
> 
> 
> --On Monday, April 28, 2003 11:34 AM +0200 "Fredriksson, Andreas" 
> <andreas.fredriksson at dice.se> wrote:
> 
> > It is now possible to say
> >
> >   admin.executeRemoteCommand "admin.setNextLevel el_alamein"
> >
> >   and have it work as expected. As a result of this bugfix
> >   underscores are no longer converted to spaces, and spaces
> >   work as they should inside quotes.
> 
> What about when the remote command itself requires quotes because its 
> argument has spaces? Do you have a mechanism for escaping 
> embedded quotes? 
> Something simple like backslash escaping would be fine and should be 
> nestable.
>