Are you sure double spaces are preserved in variables? I looked into it before my previous post and it certainly did not seem the case to me.
//set %zztestvar 1 2 3 5 6
Opened ini in notepad, line reads "n186=%zztestvar 1 2 3 5 6"
This is the case either in command line or within a script, therefor i must assume that the set alias strips the double spaces when settings the variable, hence my suggestion that it be able to behave differently and infact preserve the text 'as it'
Edit: i read the post you linked to, your command prefix suggestion is basically the same as i was suggesting above. It is indeed a better solution than just the use of a variable for preserving the text as is, but it is infact the same basic concept as i was getting at with using a switch.
