Org links that point to filenames with space do not open

Org links that point to filenames with space do not open

[Marcelo de Moraes Serpa]

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Hi list,

I have several links that use the file protocol to open files indexed in
org entries. They work fine for entries that point to file whose filenames
do *not* contain space, but for entries with space in them, it just fails
silently. I.e:

  [[file:/Volumes/ext-hd/pdfs/Name\ Of\ The-\ 4th\ file.pdf]]

I even escaped the filename using the (shell-quote-argument) function when
indexing, but no luck.

Any ideas?

More info:

- GNU Emacs 23.4.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.36) of
2012-01-29 on bob.porkrind.org
- Org-mode version 7.9.1 (release_7.9.1-145-g0a6165-git @ mixed
installation! /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/org/ and
/Users/fullofcaffeine/.emacs.d/vendor/org/lisp/)
- Mac OSX Lion.

Thanks,

- Marcelo.

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Re: Org links that point to filenames with space do not open

[Jude DaShiell]

I'm pretty sure a (") needs to go right after the first (:) and another 
needs to be just before the first (]) character. On Thu, 6 Sep 2012, 
Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> I have several links that use the file protocol to open files indexed in
> org entries. They work fine for entries that point to file whose filenames
> do *not* contain space, but for entries with space in them, it just fails
> silently. I.e:
> 
>   [[file:/Volumes/ext-hd/pdfs/Name\ Of\ The-\ 4th\ file.pdf]]
> 
> I even escaped the filename using the (shell-quote-argument) function when
> indexing, but no luck.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> More info:
> 
> - GNU Emacs 23.4.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.36) of
> 2012-01-29 on bob.porkrind.org
> - Org-mode version 7.9.1 (release_7.9.1-145-g0a6165-git @ mixed
> installation! /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/org/ and
> /Users/fullofcaffeine/.emacs.d/vendor/org/lisp/)
> - Mac OSX Lion.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - Marcelo.
> 

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Re: Org links that point to filenames with space do not open

[Nick Dokos]

Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have several links that use the file protocol to open files indexed in
> org entries. They work fine for entries that point to file whose filenames
> do *not* contain space, but for entries with space in them, it just fails
> silently. I.e:
> 
>   [[file:/Volumes/ext-hd/pdfs/Name\ Of\ The-\ 4th\ file.pdf]]
> 
> I even escaped the filename using the (shell-quote-argument) function when
> indexing, but no luck.
> 

This is a link to a directory. I grabbed it with C-c l and inserted it
with C-c C-l. It seems to work fine:

[[file:lib/music/Arnold%20Schoenberg/Moses%20und%20Aron/][Moses und Aron]

Nick

Re: Org links that point to filenames with space do not open

[Marcelo de Moraes Serpa]

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Nick, it's a custom script... however, it looks like I was using the wrong
format. Instead of escaping the space chars, I should uri-encode them it
seems. I'll try that. Thanks!


On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:

> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have several links that use the file protocol to open files indexed in
> > org entries. They work fine for entries that point to file whose
> filenames
> > do *not* contain space, but for entries with space in them, it just fails
> > silently. I.e:
> >
> >   [[file:/Volumes/ext-hd/pdfs/Name\ Of\ The-\ 4th\ file.pdf]]
> >
> > I even escaped the filename using the (shell-quote-argument) function
> when
> > indexing, but no luck.
> >
>
> This is a link to a directory. I grabbed it with C-c l and inserted it
> with C-c C-l. It seems to work fine:
>
> [[file:lib/music/Arnold%20Schoenberg/Moses%20und%20Aron/][Moses und Aron]
>
> Nick
>

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Re: Org links that point to filenames with space do not open

[Marcelo de Moraes Serpa]

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OK, found the issue, had to use url-insert-entities-in-string instead of
shell-quote-argument.

Thanks,

- Marcelo.

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <
celoserpa@gmail.com> wrote:

> Nick, it's a custom script... however, it looks like I was using the wrong
> format. Instead of escaping the space chars, I should uri-encode them it
> seems. I'll try that. Thanks!
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:
>
>> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I have several links that use the file protocol to open files indexed in
>> > org entries. They work fine for entries that point to file whose
>> filenames
>> > do *not* contain space, but for entries with space in them, it just
>> fails
>> > silently. I.e:
>> >
>> >   [[file:/Volumes/ext-hd/pdfs/Name\ Of\ The-\ 4th\ file.pdf]]
>> >
>> > I even escaped the filename using the (shell-quote-argument) function
>> when
>> > indexing, but no luck.
>> >
>>
>> This is a link to a directory. I grabbed it with C-c l and inserted it
>> with C-c C-l. It seems to work fine:
>>
>> [[file:lib/music/Arnold%20Schoenberg/Moses%20und%20Aron/][Moses und Aron]
>>
>> Nick
>>
>
>

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