Re: EDM macro

[Thomas Birke <thomas.birke@helmholtz-berlin.de>]

Am 06/09/10 01:15, schrieb Eric Norum:
> I'd like to pass an empty macro expansion to EDM.   So far all I've been able to product is complains and a failure to start:
>
> edm -x -m "P=bclean,CAM=Cam,R=" Engineering.edl
> Incomplete macro specification (-h displays help)
>
> edm -x -m P=bclean,CAM=Cam,R=, Engineering.edl
> Incomplete macro specification (-h displays help)
>
>
> Is it possible to set an edm macro to be empty?  A quick look at the code in appContextClass::getParams leads me to think not.
>    

It works if you invoke edm like this

edm -x -m "P=bclean,CAM=Cam,R=''" Engineering.edl

nevertheless it's a bit difficult to quote if you pass the arguments 
through shell-scripts....

Thomas