Extreme syntax question

[Nyro]

When dealing with complex runtime-generated strings that you need to escape to infinity, it's probably most useful to break it up into little chunks and deal with those junks individually, then concatenate them in one final step at the end.

The most logic way of going about this would be to select chunks that form sub-strings inside your final string:

pseudocode:

$sysCmd = "system($startCmd)"
$startCmd = "start $mayaPath $propFolder $fileName"
$mayaPath = getenv(MAYA_LOCATION)
$fileName = $name0 + $name1


Adding backslashes inside those smaller strings is alot simpler and easier to keep track of.
Once you have your strings, you can start using each sub-string inside its "parent", then do the same with the parent and the "grandparent".
Also, don't forget that Maya offers the encodeString command which will automatically create a string file with escaped backslashes etc. for you.

[Hamburger]

Such an obvious, but elegant solution. THanks Nyro!

$mayaPath = `getenv "MAYA_LOCATION"`;
$filetoopen = ($propFolder + "/"+ $name[0] + "." +$name[1]);
$startCmd = ("start "+$mayaPath+"/bin/maya.exe "+$filetoopen+"");
$reference= "system(\""+$startCmd+"\")";

menuItem -l "Edit in new instance of Maya" -c $reference;

Edit: Although Maya seems to open the new session without the viewport (panel bug) :D lol