Folder Node does not like spaces in filenames

[ScreenManiac]

It will list all existing files, but upon clicking opens only those without spaces in the name.

No big deal, I can simply Ctrl click to open the containing folder. But it were more comfortable not having to take this detour.

[mouser]

Thanks i will fix.

[mouser]

Question -- is it having trouble opening files with spaces in the name or only files that have spaces at the BEGINNING or END of their filename?

[ScreenManiac]

In the middle of file names, the blanks between words. Replacing them with underscores solves the problem, but that has repurcussions on other programs that depend on these files.

Not something I could not live with, just wanted to mention it. If you can fix it easily, great, if not, I'll keep opening their parent folder.

[mouser]

Spaces in the middle of file names should not cause any problems for LBC and that is a bug that needs to be fixed asap.
Problem is I am having a hard time reproducing the issue.
Any way you could help me reproduce the issue or any other clues?

ps.
I'm updating a beta release with bugfixes here:
http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=2578.0

[ScreenManiac]

Step by step:
I add a 2nd level subtree on the left side
I assign it the Node Tye: Folder
Checkmark "Divide Leter Groups" = ON
Root Folder to Display: ..\MyHelp
Accept File Patterns: *.htm*|*.chm

That's about it. The folder "MyHelp" contains the output of my personal wiki-system, exported mostly as html, some longer topics as chm. Some have file names like "JPEG Illuminator.html" or "A + B Company.html". No error message or anything, LCB simply refuses to do anything with them. Renaming them to "JPEG_Illuminator" and "A_+_B_Company" solves the problem.

I am on Win7.

[mouser]

Ok so without trying to reproduce yet, i am noticing that those are both HTML files.. i wonder.. could you see if the behavior is also present on non .html files?

[ScreenManiac]

You're right, doesn't happen with chm and txt - never noticed that it does indeed only occur with html files.

[mouser]

next question:

if you go to the main Options node, and the second tab "Program Options 2", what do you have for Custom Internet Browser?
If you have something specified and are using $$1, try "$$1" instead.

[IainB]

Ok so without trying to reproduce yet, i am noticing that those are both HTML files.. i wonder.. could you see if the behavior is also present on non .html files?

Good point. I have noticed that other software and file-handlers sometimes dislike .html files with embedded spaces in the filename. I had presumed this was in line with some obscure Microsoft or other filenaming standard that I was unaware of.

[ScreenManiac]

"Program Options 2", what do you have for Custom Internet Browser?

Nothing, the whole field is empty.
Firefox is my default browser which opens the help.html files when dbl-clicking them directly after I call up their folder by Ctrl-clicking their file names in LBC. I discovered I can also right-click them from LBC and choose OPEN which works fine too, so again, no worries here if it's too much hassle to fix it.

[mouser]

i'll look into it again, now that i know the basic cause.

[mouser]

Ok, I think i have fixed the problem; can you redownload the newly uploaded beta and give it a try?

[ScreenManiac]

Thanks. That did the trick. It works fine now. 

[mouser]