Whitespace not respected in links to local files on Windows system

[johannes.plass@…]

I'm lost trying to link to files with whitespace in the file name on a windows system :-) Probably I'm missing something obviuos, but I'm unable to get the following link to work correctly due to the whitespace in the directory name:

   [file://U:\Test Directory\test.doc]

Escaping with double quotes or embedding '%20' doesn't work either, so is there a magic trick ?

Thanks in advance

Johannes Plass

[Remy Blank]

I don't have Windows to test, but you could try (a shot in the dark):

[file:"//U:\Test Directory\test.doc"]

Anyway, please ask support questions on the MailingList. Feel free to reopen this ticket if you think you have found a genuine bug.

[anonymous]

The solution:

[file:"//drive:\folder"]

works fine in Internet Explorer, but not in Firefox (my version 3.0.4). Firefox shows folder content, so I suppose it's the trac problem.

Could you please check/fix it. Thanks.

[Christian Boos]

Replying to anonymous:

… but not in Firefox (my version 3.0.4).

It's a Firefox "​feature", not a problem with Trac. Chrome (and Safari, IIRC) does it the same way as Firefox (i.e. the "do nothing" policy).

On a closely related topic, see also ​TH:WikiGoodiesPlugin#MoreaboutUNCpathsupport.