[pmwiki-users] File names with spaces in variables

[Simon]

Thanks again

the problem is that the page variable being used ( {*$UpDirUpFile} ) is set
by thumblist recipe software


On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 at 22:07, Dominique Faure <dominique.faure at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In fact, a name-spaced image attachment doesn't render as such when
> the name comes from a variable because those are evaluated in the
> context of the current page which is the only one available in PmWiki.
> So, when the Attach:... markup is handled, the variable content has
> already been processed into the page content and the inserted spaces
> are seen as an "end of markup" separation.
>
> When dealing with the following page content:
>
>   ptv: aaa bbb.txt
>   ...
>   Attach:{$:ptv}
>
> The markup rules apply one after the other on it, transforming the page to:
>
>   ptv: aaa bbb.txt
>   ...
>   Attach:aaa bbb.txt
>
> Which results to:
>
>   ptv: aaa bbb.txt
>   ...
>   <Resulting HTML of handling of Attach:aaa> bbb.txt
>
> The solution here would be to provide a protected/encapsulated
> variable content such as:
>
>   Attach:[=aaa bbb.txt=]
>
> But since the regular PmWiki's content protection markup is acting
> before the variable evaluation while rendering the page, the
> encapsulation should occur earlier, therefore:
>
>   ptv: [=aaa bbb.txt=]
>   ...
>   Attach:{$:ptv}
>
> Should do the trick.
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 6:26 AM Simon <nzskiwi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the examples
> >
> > Attach:{$:gifPTVspaced}
> >
> >
> > is the problem.
> >
> >
> > But longer story:
> >
> > the problem arose because the Site.ImageTemplate page I created stopped
> working (I haven't got to the bottom of that yet).
> >
> >
> > It turns out I was debugging the default-default image page template
> generated by thumblist2-actions.php (after searching for the strong "Back
> to Gallery")
> >
> >
> > there is a line in there -
> >
> > %p center% {*$PrevLink} [[{*$FullName}?action=browse | $[Back to
> gallery] ]] {*$NextLink}\\\\
> >
> > Attach:{*$UpDirUpFile}
> >
> >
> > but my ImageTemplate also has the same problem
> >
> >
> > ngā mihi
> >
> >
> > Simon
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 at 22:46, Dominique Faure <dominique.faure at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Cf. https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Test/AttachWithSpaces
> >>
> >> What is the exact challenge?
> >>
> >> On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 11:26 AM Simon <nzskiwi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > We now have the cool markup Attach:[=some file name with spaces=]
> >> > but I have a challenge when the file name is already in a variable,
> e,g,
> >> >
> >> >     [[Attach:{*$UpDirUpFile} | download]]
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone have any suggestions for how I can solve this?
> >> >
> >> > ngā mihi
> >> >
> >> > Simon
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