[CMake] keep semicolons alive

[Alexander.Camek at elektrobit.com]

Hi Maik

> I want to fetch a environment variable which contains 
> semicolon by intention, modify it a little and use it with a 
> custom command:
> 
> #TEXINPUTS_latex is ":;${workspace_loc}/texmf/texmf/tex//"
> SET(TEXINPUTS "$ENV{TEXINPUTS_latex};${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}")
> #TEXINPUTS should be 
> ":;${workspace_loc}/texmf/texmf/tex//;/path/to/project"
> 
> ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
>     OUTPUT       ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${LATEX_target}.ps
>     COMMAND	TEXINPUTS="${TEXINPUTS}" 
>                        ${DVIPS_CONVERTER}   
>                        ${DVI_FILE_WE}.dvi   -o${PS_FILE_WE}.ps
>    DEPENDS    ${DVI_FILE_WE}.dvi
>    COMMENT	"dvi -> ps for PDF_${LATEX_target}" )
> 
> The problem is that the semicolons are replaced by space " ".
> 
> How can I achieve what I want?

I have got a similar problem.

But I solved it by escaping the semicolon with a backslash, e.g ; -> \;

Hope it will work for you.

Greetings

Alexander


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