Re: Spaces in image filenames

[John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

I don't know, actually.  This should be an issue on the tracker,
if there isn't one already.

"jmuc...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org" <jmuccigr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> I can see that, but I'm not sure why giving the entire path removes the 
> problem.
>
> If it helps, I don't think this was a problem before (though I couldn't say 
> for sure or which what version).
>
> On Thursday, 6 January 2022 at 19:02:16 UTC-5 John MacFarlane wrote:
>
>>
>> Here's the root of the issue:
>>
>> % pandoc -t native
>> ![moon](La Lune.jpg)
>> [ Para
>> [ Image
>> ( "" , [] , [] ) [ Str "moon" ] ( "La%20Lune.jpg" , "fig:" )
>> ]
>> ]
>>
>> As you see, the markdown reader converts the space to %20 in the
>> image path. This is fine for HTML but when pandoc tries to
>> create a PDF, it causes problems. I need to explore further,
>> but I'm convinced that's it, because if you try `-f native`
>> with the above, it fails, but replacing %20 with a space,
>> it then succeeds.
>>
>>
>> "jmuc...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org" <jmuc...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>>
>> > Here's an example:
>> >
>> > ```
>> > ~/Pictures/ > pandoc -o Downloads/test.pdf -f markdown
>> > ![one](file name.jpg)
>> > Error producing PDF.
>> > ! Package pdftex.def Error: File 
>> > `/private/var/folders/yl/xd3tsv2x1959s23ts4k1q
>> > t9m0000gr/T/tex2pdf.-a4cc305331e7cf2c/file name.jpg' not found: using 
>> draft 
>> > set
>> > ting.
>> >
>> > See the pdftex.def package documentation for explanation.
>> > Type H <return> for immediate help.
>> > ...
>> >
>> > l.70 ...T/tex2pdf.-a4cc305331e7cf2c/file name.jpg}
>> > ```
>> >
>> > If I use the full path to the file, it works fine.
>> > On Thursday, 6 January 2022 at 18:13:33 UTC-5 John MacFarlane wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> What exactly do you mean when you say "generate errors"?
>> >>
>> >> "jmuc...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org" <jmuc...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>> >>
>> >> > I feel like I'm missing something obvious, but I've just noticed the 
>> >> spaces 
>> >> > in image filenames generate errors unless they occur with a full 
>> path. 
>> >> For 
>> >> > example:
>> >> >
>> >> > This works:
>> >> >
>> >> > `![One image](/Users/username/Pictures/file name.jpg)`
>> >> >
>> >> > This doesn't:
>> >> >
>> >> > `![Another image](file name.jpg)`
>> >> >
>> >> > Nor does:
>> >> >
>> >> > `![A third image](./file name.jpg)`
>> >> >
>> >> > I've tried quoting the filename, too.
>> >> >
>> >> > The command I'm using is the following from the directory where the 
>> >> files 
>> >> > live:
>> >> >
>> >> > `pandoc -o test.pdf test.md -f markdown`
>> >> >
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