nppExec: file coudn't be found

Question

i try to execute a ruby file with nppExec (notepad++) but it tells me that the file couldn't be found:

Error opening script file: D:/Eigene (Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden)

One directory has a space in its name. Without the space it works, but i would have to change a lot of files.

i had the same problem also with the run command

cmd /K jruby "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)",

but with

cmd /K "cd "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)" && jruby "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)""

it worked. Even adding the cd to nppExec and activating FOLLOW $(CURRENT_DIRECTORY) didn't help.

This occurs under Windows 7 x64. With x86 there wasn't this problem

Answer 1

Ensure you can run cmd /K jruby <ruby-filename> from command prompt regardless of directory you are positioned at. You might need to check environment PATH variable to achieve global visiblity of ruby executable.

Generally the rule is: if you can run something from the command prompt regardless of directory, you can run the same from NPPExec. Therefore I recommend testing the command with command prompt first, then adapt it to NPPExec.