[Cuis-dev] Issue with Drag-and-Drop of Files from Directories Containing Spaces in Linux

[Valentín Vives]

Hi everyone,

I hope this email finds you well. I’ve encountered an issue with importing
files into Cuis on Linux, and I’m hoping to get some advice or guidance.

When I try to drag and drop a file from a directory containing spaces in
its name, Cuis reports that the file does not exist. After investigating
the code, I found that the primitive primitiveDropRequestFileName seems to
be the source of the problem.

Specifically, on Linux, this primitive returns the file path as a
URL-encoded string. For example:
/home/valnrms/Downloads/2024-2c/Parte%203/04-Portfolio2/Portfolio2-Solucion.st
Instead of:
/home/valnrms/Downloads/2024-2c/Parte 3/04-Portfolio2/Portfolio2-Solucion.st
.

On Windows, the primitive correctly returns the path with spaces, but I
don’t have access to macOS to verify its behavior there.

I also tried investigating whether the File List could provide a workaround
since it seems to handle file paths with spaces correctly. However, I
haven’t been able to make much progress yet in leveraging that approach.

I’d like to address this issue, but I believe it requires modifying the
primitive. Unfortunately, I’m not sure where to begin with this. If anyone
could provide some guidance, advice, or documentation to help me start
working on this, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Best regards,

Valentín :)
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