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Unable to open files with dollar ($) character #863
Description
MacVim: 8.1.950 (155)
MacVim is unable to open a file when it is invoked from Finder with a file name or a parent directory contains the character $.
Example: project/$config/main.yml
Steps to reproduce
mkdir -p 'test/$config'echo "test" > 'test/$config/test.txt'open -a Finder .- From Finder, try to open the file with MacVim double clicking the file name (the file type must be associated with MacVim)
or download the attached archive.
Expected result
test.txt file should open inside MacVim displaying test content.
Actual result
MacVim opens a not existing file test//test.txt displaying an empty content.
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ychin commentedon Feb 22, 2019
Hmm I'm having some issues reproducing this. It almost seems to me that someone is doing a variable substitution for
$confighere. What if you just name your filetest_$_fileandtest_$var_file?Also, what OS are you using? Does this not happen if you load the file from command line (i.e.
mvim <filename>)? Do you have any plugins that you think could interfere with this?daniele-orlando commentedon Feb 22, 2019
The problem arises when the dollar sign is in the directory name.
To reproduce, please follow literally the Steps to reproduce or download the attached archive.
ychin commentedon Feb 23, 2019
Yes I did follow the steps literally which is why I asked the followup questions to help identify why I couldn't reproduce the issue. Did you have a chance to test whether file names with
$work?Also, what macOS version are you using? Did you only see this issue when you double click on the file or when you drag the file to the dock's icon too?
Edit: Actually, nevermind. I reproduced it! I will need to take a look.
daniele-orlando commentedon Feb 23, 2019
Yes, file names with
$character work as expected, no problem with them.Fix opening files that have special chars like '$' in filename
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