yelp does not open files with spaces in path

[mihai.ile]

Binary package hint: yelp

When I open a help file that contains spaces in path, yelp gives an error message and I am unable to open the xml file

Example:
yelp "/home/mihai007/Desktop/ola/jKiwi/help/C" --- works
yelp "/home/mihai007/Desktop/ola/j Kiwi/help/C" ---does not work

Oh and the error message has no title in it :\

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jun 8 23:14:36 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: yelp 2.22.1-0ubuntu2.8.04.1
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[Nick Ellery (nick.ellery)]

Please try the same input, but replace the space with a dash (-). It is to my understanding that spaces do not work with any CLI application.

[mihai.ile (mihai.ile)]

humm ok with - in the path works but the thing is that my project uses yelp to display the Help->Contents file and I have no idea if a user will have the software somewhere under a folder that has spaces in the path. In this case yelp does not work.

In my opinion this is still an issue that sooner or later should be fixed...

[Nick Ellery (nick.ellery)]

Changing this would mean changing every single CLI application. Pathnames are intended to be entered with dashes in place of spaces. Therefore, I have to close this report as it cannot be considered a real bug. Don't feel disheartened, and feel free to report any issues in the future!