A bug in preferences handling (in 2.83)

[J K.Eason]

> You have to respect the rules of the Windows command processor and 
> escape the backslash:
> 
> get_iplayer --prefs-add --output "H:\\"
> 
> Otherwise it thinks you are escaping the quote rather than using it 
> to enclose the path.

Actually it works correctly under Windows if you leave off the quotes
*unless* there are spaces in the path.
 
 get_iplayer --prefs-add --output H:\  
 
works fine and produces:
 
 output h:\
 
in the options file.

get_iplayer --prefs-add --output  "C:\Documents and
Settings\User\Desktop" (on one line)
 
produces:
 
 output = C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop
 
in options.

Regards
       John