[(NOT A)BUG]Double Quotes and RunCommand Parameter

[death.crafter]

When reading the Parameter option in RunCommand, the double quotes used inside the the parameters are removed. The work around is using magic quotes.

But considering it's functionality, the quotes should not be removed, neither from start and end, nor from in-between.

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[RunCommand]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=RunCommand
Program=PowerShell
Parameter=echo "I need this displayed"
OutputType=ANSI

should display this:

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and not this:

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[SilverAzide]

Is this really a quote "bug"? Something weird is happening, however, and I'm not sure it has anything to do with quotes.

The code you posted is working fine for me with respect to the quoting. But the strange thing is that output is not "Ineedthisdisplayed" as it appears to be in the debug log window. If you output to a file, it is actually this:

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What's up with all the CRLFs?!? Changing the parameter to Parameter=echo 'I need this displayed' works fine, but using double-quotes doesn't work no matter how magical you make them. I'm not sure why the results are different with RunCommand compared to typing that same command into an actual PS window.

[jsmorley]

Is this really a quote "bug"? Something weird is happening, however, and I'm not sure it has anything to do with quotes.

The code you posted is working fine for me with respect to the quoting. But the strange thing is that output is not "Ineedthisdisplayed" as it appears to be in the debug log window. If you output to a file, it is actually this:
wth.png

What's up with all the CRLFs?!? Changing the parameter to Parameter=echo 'I need this displayed' works fine, but using double-quotes doesn't work no matter how magical you make them. I'm not sure why the results are different with RunCommand compared to typing that same command into an actual PS window.

I'm not sure what is removing the double quotes. It shouldn't be Rainmeter or the RunCommand plugin, as quotes are only removed from any option value if they are both starting and ending quotes on the option. Not quite sure what is going on here.

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Clearly PowerShell deals with the "echo" command (which is an alias in PowerShell anyway) differently than cmd.exe does.

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[SilverAzide]

This doesn't resolve the weirdness, but the following PS command works properly (instead of using echo):

Parameter=Write-Host "I need this displayed"

Write-Output does NOT work.... it is the same as echo.

[death.crafter]

Is this really a quote "bug"? Something weird is happening, however, and I'm not sure it has anything to do with quotes.

The code you posted is working fine for me with respect to the quoting. But the strange thing is that output is not "Ineedthisdisplayed" as it appears to be in the debug log window. If you output to a file, it is actually this:
wth.png

What's up with all the CRLFs?!? Changing the parameter to Parameter=echo 'I need this displayed' works fine, but using double-quotes doesn't work no matter how magical you make them. I'm not sure why the results are different with RunCommand compared to typing that same command into an actual PS window.

echo can take multiple parameters.

Parameter=echo "AA bb Cc" becomes, Parameter=echo AA bb Cc

The output in powershell for first is

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AA bb Cc

and for second is

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AA
bb
Cc

CRLF is Rainmeter's way of saying \r\n. Basically an return.

Hence the bug is, double quotes are being removed even if there is none at start.

[SilverAzide]

Hence the bug is, double quotes are being removed even if there is none at start.

Well, I don't think this has anything to do with Rainmeter. It is PowerShell that is interfering somehow in the quote handling, as jsmorley pointed out.

[jsmorley]

Yeah, I think I would use Write-Host "I need this displayed" in PowerShell rather than echo "I need this displayed", which is really Write-Output "I need this displayed".

[death.crafter]

Well, I don't think this has anything to do with Rainmeter. It is PowerShell that is interfering somehow in the quote handling, as jsmorley pointed out.

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Powershell is behaving correctly. Rainmeter isn't. Try Parameter=echo """"I need this displayed!""""

[death.crafter]

Yeah, I think I would use Write-Host "I need this displayed" in PowerShell rather than echo "I need this displayed", which is really Write-Output "I need this displayed".

It's not about the output really. It's about the double quotes. echo was just a simple example to portray the thing.

[jsmorley]

Feels to me like the issue must be with RunCommand.