When creating an alias in "static void Cmd_Alias_f (void)" in cmd.c (rev. 7312) a " " gets appended to each "command" argument if there are more than 1. Thus an "alias changename name some name" will result in name = "some name " when executed.
I would think that the condition for appending " " could rather look like this:

Code: Select all

=== cmd.c
==================================================================
--- cmd.c       (revision 4737)
+++ cmd.c       (local)
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@
        for (i=2 ; i< c ; i++)
        {
                strlcat (cmd, Cmd_Argv(i), sizeof (cmd));
-               if (i != c)
+               if (i + 1 < c)
                        strlcat (cmd, " ", sizeof (cmd));
        }
        strlcat (cmd, "\n", sizeof (cmd));


Reported to the engine author, however, as a workaround, alias changename "name \"somename\"" should work fine.

divVerent wrote:alias changename "name "somename"" should work fine.

Yeah, it does. Thanks!

Another workaround: append a semicolon:

alias changename "name yournewname;"

contrary to \", this should also work in previous versions.