GNU bug report logs - #55429
27.1; browse-url-of-dired-file fails to open file with '#' character

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Reported by: Ivo Tadeu <ivotade <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 15 May 2022 15:32:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.1

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Ivo Tadeu <ivotade <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 27.1; browse-url-of-dired-file fails to open file with '#' character
Date: Sun, 15 May 2022 10:33:46 -0300

When you use W in a dired buffer to open a file with the '#' character,
the file doesn't get opened. In my limited testing, the problem appears 
to be in the function `browse-url-file-url':

(browse-url-file-url "/home/ivo/tmp/file with spaces.txt")
 => "file:///home/ivo/tmp/file%20with%20spaces.txt"

(browse-url-file-url "/home/ivo/tmp/file with #.txt")
 => "file:///home/ivo/tmp/file%20with%20#.txt"

When I use xdg-open directly with these urls, the second one will
fail. It appears that the '#' should also be percent-encoded.

Tested with emacs -Q


In GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.24, 
cairo version 1.16.0)
 of 2021-03-27, modified by Debian built on x86-conova-01
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12011000
System Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Information forwarded to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:
bug#55429; Package emacs. (Sun, 15 May 2022 15:36:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Ivo Tadeu <ivotade <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 55429 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55429: 27.1; browse-url-of-dired-file fails to open file
 with '#' character
Date: Sun, 15 May 2022 17:34:53 +0200

Ivo Tadeu <ivotade <at> gmail.com> writes:

> (browse-url-file-url "/home/ivo/tmp/file with #.txt")
>  => "file:///home/ivo/tmp/file%20with%20#.txt"

This has been fixed in Emacs 29:

(browse-url-file-url "/home/ivo/tmp/file with #.txt")
=> "file:///home/ivo/tmp/file%20with%20%23.txt"

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bug marked as fixed in version 29.1, send any further explanations to 55429 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Ivo Tadeu <ivotade <at> gmail.com> Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 15 May 2022 15:36:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 13 Jun 2022 11:24:07 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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