[Interest] Putting a define with spaces in the .pro file?

[Christian Kandeler]

On 11/13/2015 02:51 AM, Murphy, Sean wrote:
> But if I want my text to be a little more interesting and have spaces in it, it fails. Changing the DEFINES line in the .pro to:
>    DEFINES += MY_STRING=\\\"Hello You\\\"
> refuses to compile:

I think the semi-official algorithm for quoting in .pro files goes like 
this:
1. Add one pair of backslashes.
2. Try compiling.
3. In case of failure, add two more pairs of backslashes and go to 2.
4. Profit!


Christian