Re: Spaces in image filenames

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

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" <jmuccigr-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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