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From: dlarson@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dale Larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: WordPerfect Woes
Message-ID: <3373@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Date: 25 Aug 89 17:41:03 GMT
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Sorry, but Mr. Jesup just reminded me of another WP bug:

In article <7752@cbmvax.UUCP> jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) writes:
>
>	Everyone has known from Day 1 (and many before) that spaces were
>allowed in file names and device names.  There is a limit on how much we can
>do to make already broken programs work.  Far more important is to avoid
>breaking correct programs.
>
>-- 
>Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
>{uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com  BIX: rjesup  
>Common phrase heard at Amiga Devcon '89: "It's in there!"

WordPerfect barfs if there is a space at the end of a file name, and 
indicates in it's manual that there should be no spaces anywhere in any
file names.


-- 
	    A lack of prior planning on the part of any programmer 
		       always constitutes an emergency.
	
           Digital Teddy Bear      dlarson@blake.acs.washington.edu