Filename is not quoted properly when choosing "default editor for text files"

[Joe Miller]

If I open a txt file with spaces in it's name it will open a few blank tabs instead.

[Tim Kosse]

Which version of FileZilla are you using?

[Joe Miller]

Sorry, I compile it from source so 3.1.5.1.
I was just about to head into work so I rushed this a bit.

[Francesco Negri]

i can reproduce that.

with default settings, selecting "view/edit" on a remote file calls
"gedit filename with spaces"
where spaces in filename are not quoted so gedit downloads a single file named "filename with spaces" but then tries to open three non-existent files ("filename", "with", "spaces")

moreover, if you edit "testfile" in one remote dir, and "testfile" in another dir, filezilla creates "testfile" and "testfile 2" in the temp folder, but then calls
gedit testfile
gedit testfile 2
the second command opens the wrong file (testfile) and a non-existent file named "2"

i'm using ubuntu 9.04, it could be a problem with ubuntu's "default editor" but i guess filezilla should properly quote spaces in filename as well

[essoft]

I got around this issue by creating a shell script to put the filename in quotes:

#! /bin/bash
gedit "$1"

I saved this file as gedit.sh within my home directory. I then set the default editor under 'Use custom editor' in FileZilla to:

/bin/sh [full path to the shell script above]

(e.g.
/bin/sh /home/edward/Scripts/gedit.sh)

I hope this helps anyone having the same problem.

[Francesco Negri]

there is an even simpler workaround: just go to edit - settings - file editing,
choose "use custom editor" and type "/usr/bin/gedit".

the bug is reproducible only when choosing "use system's default editor for text files", even if it is set to something different than gedit (e.g. gvim)

[Tim Kosse]

Does this problem still exist in 3.2.7.1?

[Michael McGinnis]

Yes, the problem still exists in 3.2.7.2 and 3.2.8.1 on Ubuntu 9.10 and 9.04. For example, when I open "index.html" from one remote server folder, it appears in gedit as "index.html". When I open "index.html" in another server folder (same filename, different file because it's in a different location), it appears in gedit as two files: "index" and "2.html". When I change my settings to "custom editor" and "/usr/bin/gedit" as described by fnegri, it opens as "index 2.html" No problem when working with local files. This is the most annoying bug I've encountered since installing my operating system.

[Tim Kosse]

Will be fixed in FileZilla 3.3.0