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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    Bug#11678: Handling of directory names with spaces in file dialog
From:       Eric E <whalesuit () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2002-03-04 18:07:06
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Hi all,
	I have noticed this bug several times recently, and discovered that someone 
had reported it incompletely.  It has to do with how KDELibs handles file 
name completion for names of directories with spaces in them

Here's what happens.

When you try to open a directory with spaces in it, such as

/usr/local/some dir like this/pente/subdir

/usr/local/some dir like this/ also include a subdirectory:
/usr/local/some dir like this/program

You would normally do the folloing:
Click into the directory location bar at the top, and type:
"/us" then Enter , taking you into /usr
"lo" then Enter, completes to /usr/local, which you then go into
"some" then Enter, completes to /usr/local/some dir like this/
Now when I type p, I get:
/usr/local/some%20dir%20like%20this/program   
with "this/program" highlighted.  Therefore when I type the next letter in 
pente, e, the highlighted text is replaced, and I get:

/usr/local/some%20dir%20like%20e

I then have to erase back to /usr/local/, type in some again (which correctly 
completes again), then use the mouse to select "pente".

Now I get: /usr/local/some dir like this/pente/ in the directory box.  That 
looks great!

Typing s gives me

/usr/local/some%20dir%20like%20this/pente/subdir

with "ente/subdir" highlighted, so that if I press enter, things are OK, but 
if I'm too quick in my completion and press u, I get:
/usr/local/some%20dir%20like%20this/pu

So the great (and unparalleled, I might add) feature of being able to type you 
way down to directories by using name completion gets kinda frustrating.

I hope this is a sufficient description to explain what I mean.  Let me know 
if you need more info or screenshots.

Cheers,

Eric


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