Public bug reported: Special characters (at least spaces) are escaped with backslash when copying file paths in Nautilus.
Say I have a PDF file named "date - document.pdf". The expected output from copy path would be: > /home/user/date - document.pdf Instead, Nautilus returns the following: > /home/user/date\ -\ document.pdf It would be more natural not to escape spaces, since they are not escaped for example in the terminal. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.38.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-45.51-generic 5.8.18 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-45-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.5 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Mar 23 14:18:19 2021 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.icon-view' b'default-zoom-level' b"'large'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'229' b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'initial-size' b'(944, 620)' b'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' b'search-view' b"'icon-view'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'where', 'date_modified', 'date_modified_with_time', 'date_accessed', 'recency', 'starred', 'detailed_type']" InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-08 (593 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-10-29 (144 days ago) usr_lib_nautilus: evince 3.38.0-1 file-roller 3.38.0-1 nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal 3.38.0-1ubuntu1.1 nautilus-share 0.7.3-2ubuntu3 python3-nautilus 1.2.3-3 ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug groovy wayland-session ** Description changed: - Special characters are escaped with backslash when copying file paths in - Nautilus. + Special characters (at least spaces) are escaped with backslash when + copying file paths in Nautilus. Say I have a PDF file named "date - document.pdf". The expected output from copy path would be: > /home/user/date - document.pdf Instead, Nautilus returns the following: > /home/user/date\ -\ document.pdf + + It would be more natural not to escape spaces, since they are not + escaped for example in the terminal. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.38.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-45.51-generic 5.8.18 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-45-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.5 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Mar 23 14:18:19 2021 GsettingsChanges: - b'org.gnome.nautilus.icon-view' b'default-zoom-level' b"'large'" - b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'229' - b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'initial-size' b'(944, 620)' - b'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' b'search-view' b"'icon-view'" - b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'where', 'date_modified', 'date_modified_with_time', 'date_accessed', 'recency', 'starred', 'detailed_type']" + b'org.gnome.nautilus.icon-view' b'default-zoom-level' b"'large'" + b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'229' + b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'initial-size' b'(944, 620)' + b'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' b'search-view' b"'icon-view'" + b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'where', 'date_modified', 'date_modified_with_time', 'date_accessed', 'recency', 'starred', 'detailed_type']" InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-08 (593 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-10-29 (144 days ago) usr_lib_nautilus: - evince 3.38.0-1 - file-roller 3.38.0-1 - nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal 3.38.0-1ubuntu1.1 - nautilus-share 0.7.3-2ubuntu3 - python3-nautilus 1.2.3-3 + evince 3.38.0-1 + file-roller 3.38.0-1 + nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal 3.38.0-1ubuntu1.1 + nautilus-share 0.7.3-2ubuntu3 + python3-nautilus 1.2.3-3 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1920926 Title: "copy path" returns path with escape characters Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Special characters (at least spaces) are escaped with backslash when copying file paths in Nautilus. Say I have a PDF file named "date - document.pdf". The expected output from copy path would be: > /home/user/date - document.pdf Instead, Nautilus returns the following: > /home/user/date\ -\ document.pdf It would be more natural not to escape spaces, since they are not escaped for example in the terminal. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.38.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-45.51-generic 5.8.18 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-45-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.5 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Mar 23 14:18:19 2021 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.icon-view' b'default-zoom-level' b"'large'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'229' b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'initial-size' b'(944, 620)' b'org.gnome.nautilus.preferences' b'search-view' b"'icon-view'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'where', 'date_modified', 'date_modified_with_time', 'date_accessed', 'recency', 'starred', 'detailed_type']" InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-08 (593 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-10-29 (144 days ago) usr_lib_nautilus: evince 3.38.0-1 file-roller 3.38.0-1 nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal 3.38.0-1ubuntu1.1 nautilus-share 0.7.3-2ubuntu3 python3-nautilus 1.2.3-3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1920926/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp