Merged with trunk R1612.

git-svn-id: svn://localhost/ardour2/branches/midi@1614 d708f5d6-7413-0410-9779-e7cbd77b26cf

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libs/ardour/io.cc b/libs/ardour/io.cc
index b7472781a8..a9284d779c 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/io.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/io.cc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <glibmm/thread.h>
 
 #include <pbd/xml++.h>
+#include <pbd/replace_all.h>
 
 #include <ardour/audioengine.h>
 #include <ardour/io.h>
@@ -1817,6 +1818,12 @@ IO::set_name (string name, void* src)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	/* replace all colons in the name. i wish we didn't have to do this */
+
+	if (replace_all (name, ":", "-")) {
+		warning << _("you cannot use colons to name objects with I/O connections") << endmsg;
+	}
+
 	for (PortSet::iterator i = _inputs.begin(); i != _inputs.end(); ++i) {
 		string current_name = i->short_name();
 		current_name.replace (current_name.find (_name), _name.length(), name);