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[Windows] Garbled filenames and broken extensions when using symbols in filenames #6

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Mr-Cyborg opened this issue Aug 29, 2016 · 2 comments
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Mr-Cyborg commented Aug 29, 2016

OS: Microsoft® Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Filesystem: NTFS
Origin Hash: 50b3c3dda8717681a2c922b360b8262dc10ed30e

SYNOPSIS

File names containing symbols (e.g. ™, ©, ®, etc) produces garbled text and break the file extension under NTFS. Further testing on UNIX pending.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

  1. Start Nimble Writer.
  2. Save a file using any currently implemented method with a symbol (e.g. ™, ©, ®, etc).
  3. The final result will be garbled text in place of the symbol and any subsequent characters (including the file extension) will be gone.

NOTES

  • Appending the ".nwd" file extension returns the file to a functional state with data preserved.
  • Adding ".nwd" in the save file dialog(s) leads to an even more cryptic file name (see the third image).

RESOURCES

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@Mr-Cyborg Mr-Cyborg changed the title Symbols in File Names Garbled filenames and broken extensions when using symbols in filenames Aug 30, 2016
@codecat codecat self-assigned this Sep 1, 2016
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codecat commented Sep 5, 2016

I believe this is fixed in the current build but I haven't had the chance to test it yet. Can you confirm?

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Mr-Cyborg commented Sep 6, 2016

ADDENDUM 05/09/2016 19:
OS: Microsoft® Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Filesystem: NTFS
Addendum Hash: ef9bd9bfd8ca4e2561692ed86ef061e946f8b4c6

SYNOPSIS

Files whose name contains symbols (e.g. ™, ©, etc) do not display correctly on Microsoft® Windows 7's Windows Explorer running the NTFS filesystem. Testing still pending on UNIX systems.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

  1. Start Nimble Writer
  2. Save a file using any currently implemented method with a symbol (e.g. ™, ©, ®, etc).
  3. The file name will produce a garbled string of characters where the symbol should be present (see the image under "RESOURCES").

IMPROVEMENTS SINCE ORIGIN HASH

  • The extension along with any subsequent text in the file name is now preserved.

NOTES

  • Symbols show up perfectly fine in the title bar and in the open file dialog.
  • Testing was conducted using the following file names: foobar™, foo™bar

RESOURCES

ef9bd9bfd8ca4e2561692ed86ef061e946f8b4c6-issue-6-update-1

@codecat codecat changed the title Garbled filenames and broken extensions when using symbols in filenames [Windows] Garbled filenames and broken extensions when using symbols in filenames Sep 8, 2016
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