Lazarus doesn't accept some characters in project names
lazarus / 13-General

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440bx · 2018-07-11 05:17

Hello,

In Windows, a file can be named A&B.ext.  Lazarus refuses to accept a
project name which contains an ampersand which is valid in Windows.

Hardly a big deal but, I thought it was worth mentioning since the
ampersand is a valid character in a Windows file name.

For the record, the compiler doesn't mind the ampersand in the file
name.  It compiles it as it compiles any other file.

NOTE: the ampersand is the only character that I know of so far that
causes the problem but, its presence suggests there may be others.

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Thaddy · 2018-07-11 05:32

AFAIK project names should follow Pascal. i.e. 0..9, _, 'A'..'z'.
Anything else is by accident.
Note ampersand is part of the syntax. Even if it works on windows,
seems to be a bit of a bad habit.

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440bx · 2018-07-11 05:40

the point is that the compiler accepts a file with an ampersand while
Lazarus does not.  That's a discrepancy that, unless there is a really
good reason, it should not exist.

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ASerge · 2018-07-11 08:38

Because the "&" symbol has a special meaning for XML, which is used to
store project settings, you must manually correct "&" to "&" to
use it.
Work Lazarus project attached.

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440bx · 2018-07-11 09:06

Quote from: ASerge on July 11, 2018, 10:38:58 amBecause the "&" symbol
has a special meaning for XML, which is used to store project
settings, you must manually correct "&" to "&" to use it.
Work Lazarus project attached.

Thank you Serge, it's nice to know why it doesn't accept it right off
the bat and what the solution is.