On Thu, 2020-10-29 at 12:16 +0100, theapple...@differentmail.com wrote: > > evolution: 3.36.4-0ubuntu1 > > ubuntu Version 20.04.1 LTS, Mate 1.24.0, Kernel Linux 5.4.0-51 > > generic > > x86_64 > > > > When storing attachments, their names will be changed! > > Example: original:>one two three.jpg<, new:>one_two_three.jpg< > > > > All empty fields will be changed in underlines. > > > > What can I do? > > I have the same problem and was about to email to the list but had no > time yet. I am eager to know more about this behaviour and whether > the > replacing of spaces in the file name with underscores (underline, low > line, or low dash) can be turned off in some way. > > 3.36.4-0ubuntu1, Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS > (It also happened with previous Evolution versions, though.)
I'm sure someone will correct me, but space ( as well as a host of others ) in filenames are a pain in the arse on any Unix based (Unix, AIX, Linux, BSD) based OS, which means it takes lots of special code to handle. Translation of "special" characters like spaces, &, *, etc is a simple operation which eliminates lots code ( and therefore lots of bugs ). Additionally, if you try to handle one two three.jpg from the command line, you will have to resort to quoting or regular expression matching to access the file. Otherwise you get results like: ls one two three.jpg ls: cannot access 'one': No such file or directory ls: cannot access 'two': No such file or directory three.jpg verses ls one_two_three.jpg one_two_three.jpg
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