Comment 8 for bug 1209515

I've tested on Ubuntu 17.04 (Unity) and Windows 7.

Anybody with KDE, just to round up testing?

On Thu, 15 Jun 2017, 02:36 David Wales, <email address hidden> wrote:

> Tested on OS X El Capitan with python 3, and PyQt 5 installed using
> brew.
>
> Works perfectly.
>
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> Title:
> getFileNames corrupts file names that use "special chars"
>
> Status in OpenLP:
> Fix Released
> Status in OpenLP 2.0 series:
> Fix Released
> Status in OpenLP trunk series:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> This is a little bit of a strange one. I have written a little script
> which demonstrates this (I'll include it when I get home).
>
>
> Here's the issue:
>
> Use QFileDialog.getFileNames() to select a single file with a special
> char in its name (a '#' will do it) and it returns the file name &
> path correctly. Ie selecting a file called "#123.xml" returns a list
> with one item "#123.xml"
>
> However, use QFileDialog.getFileNames() to select multiple files with
> at lease one file with special char in its name (a '#' will do it) and
> it returns the file name & path incorrectly. Ie selecting a file
> called "#123.xml" and a file called "abc.xml" returns a list with two
> items "%23123.xml" & "abc.xml" (Note the # has been changed in to a
> %23. Possible url encoding?)
>
> When we come to open the file, Python cannot find the file
> "%23123.xml" because it does not exist.
>
> This seams to be a Qt bug (I've done a few searches, but found
> nothing) but we could at least make some effort to see if the file
> actually exists before trying to open it!
>
> Reported here: http://support.openlp.org/issues/2056
> and here: http://support.openlp.org/issues/1964
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