Add empty string parameter to start command
Otherwise `start` will confuse the first parameter as the title of a new command prompt if the parameter contains whitespace. That is because the command to be run will be: start "abc def" which opens a new command prompt window with the title "abc def". With the added empty string we force the start command to interpret the passed parameter as the file / command: start "" "abc def" which will be interpreted like `""` is the title and the rest is the file or command to start. ------- **NOTE:** this wouldn't be necessary if the start script in msys was defined differently; that is, if it had the empty string already incorporated in the script (/usr/bin/start), like so: ```diff -cmd //c start "${@//&/^&}" +cmd //c start "" "${@//&/^&}" ``` Notice however that this would make it impossible to use start setting a different title, so it's probably best to leave it as is. More info: http://sourceforge.net/p/msys2/tickets/14/ ------- The change `${(z)open_cmd}` is necessary to force zsh to split the variable by the spaces and interpret it as separate words. More info: http://zsh.sourceforge.net/FAQ/zshfaq03.html#l17
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