[Bug 46487] New: File-Chooser-Dialog blocks slashes in file text field when why could mean subdirectories

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46487

Bug ID: 46487
           Summary: File-Chooser-Dialog blocks slashes in file text field
                    when why could mean subdirectories
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

Created attachment 63323
  --> https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=63323
what the dialog shows

For many wine versions, when includes
the fill directory path .e.g copy-pasty short-hand,
it blocks it, 
couldn't it re-interpret as go into folder directory?

(less steps required , easier)

i encounter this papercut too frequently...

[Bug 46487] File-Chooser-Dialog blocks slashes in file text field when they could mean subdirectories

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46487

whatbug  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|File-Chooser-Dialog blocks  |File-Chooser-Dialog blocks
                   |slashes in file text field  |slashes in file text field
                   |when why could mean         |when they could mean
                   |subdirectories              |subdirectories

[Bug 46487]=?UTF-8?Q?=20File=E2=80=8AChooser=E2=80=8ADia?= log blocks slashes in file text field when they could mean subdirectories

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46487

whatbug  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|File-Chooser-Dialog blocks  |File Chooser Dialog blocks
                   |slashes in file text field  |slashes in file text field
                   |when they could mean        |when they could mean
                   |subdirectories              |subdirectories

[Bug 46487]=?UTF-8?Q?=20File=E2=80=8AChooser=E2=80=8ADia?= log blocks slashes in file text field when they could mean subdirectories

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46487

Fabian Maurer  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Severity|normal                      |enhancement
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
                 CC|                            |[e-mail]
            Version|unspecified                 |4.0-rc7

--- Comment #1 from Fabian Maurer  ---
Well, on windows it doesn't allow forward slashes, so it kinda makes sense.
But I agree that it would be a useful improvement.

[Bug 46487]=?UTF-8?Q?=20File=E2=80=8AChooser=E2=80=8ADia?= log blocks slashes in file text field when they could mean subdirectories

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46487

Olivier F. R. Dierick  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |[e-mail]

--- Comment #2 from Olivier F. R. Dierick  ---
In case anyone is wondering: The 'forward' slash character is hard-coded in
both Windows [1] and Linux kernel [2] to be a directory separator. There is no
mean to have 'forward' slashes in filename on those systems, even when
escaping.

Some Mac OS X apps allow 'forward' slashes in filenames for compatibility with
older Mac OS. Those apps use the colon character as directory separator at the
application level. However, both characters get swapped in the underlying unix
filesystem [3] [4] and since Wine access the filesystem through lower level
system calls, it sees the unix filename.

Just to say that there can't be any issue with filenames containing slashes as
there can't be such filenames on any of those OS.

[1]
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10708334/how-can-i-create-files-on-windo...

[2]
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9847288/is-it-possible-to-use-in-a-filen...

[3] https://discussions.apple.com/thread/677339

[4] https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3990689