#261 cb_console_runner is started using ambiguous path

[Maximus5]

CodeBlocks version: 13.12
OS version: Windows (7, 8, any)

By default, CodeBlocks is installed into the following folder: C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks. So, when user runs console application (just a cpp file in my case, no project at all), CB calls CreateProcess to run cb_console_runner.exe, but tries to do that without doublequotes around path. So, the following command is executed:

C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks/cb_console_runner.exe "C:\Temp\Tests\helloworld.exe"

The path "C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks/cb_console_runner.exe" must be quoted, same as the argument, to avoid malfactioning.

Sample application

#include <cstdio>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    printf("Hello world\n");
    return 0;
}

The problem was initially reported to ConEmu (here and here). Users were not able to use ConEmu as terminal for running console applications from CB.

[Morten MacFly]

As a long-term Far and therefore ConEmu user I am taking over...

[Morten MacFly]

Should be fixed in trunk. Any feedback is welcome, alough you'll have to compile C::B yourself or wait until the next nightly is released.

[Adam]

I have been having a similar issue on Linux when setting up "sakura" as the terminal emulator.

Specifically, when cb_console_runner launches sakura, it's supposed to launch sakura in the correct project folder (or the manually-specified launch folder as appropriate). What actually happens is nondeterministic - about ~75% of the time things work fine, but ~25% of the time sakura ends up being launched in ~ (/home/$USER), and thus any programs which read/write files fail spectacularly.

I can't reproduce the issue with other terminal emulators (e.g. xterm), however there are several other applications which are capable of launching sakura at a desired directory (e.g. pcmanfm, the file manager) without any problems.