[PyQt] QDesktopServices openUrl doesn't work if URL-Path has spaces etc.

[piotr maliński]

2009/1/26 David Boddie <david at boddie.org.uk>

> On Sun Jan 25 22:17:46 GMT 2009, piotr malinski wrote:
>
> > Here is an example script:
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > from PyQt4.QtCore import *
> > from PyQt4.QtGui import *
> >
> > d = QDesktopServices()
> >
> > x = '/home/piotr/test2/lol bar/photo_4900_8ea80c_huge.jpg'
> > print QUrl(x).isValid()
> > d.openUrl(QUrl(x))
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > The problem is it won't work if there is a space in the path - "lol
> > bar", for spaceless paths it works (also for example on windows it
> > needs paths with slashes not backslashes...). How can I make the path
> > valid for QDesktopServices? (the QUrl itself is valid)
>
> Perhaps try encoding the URL first:
>
>
> http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/qurl.html#toEncoded
>
> This may be related to a bug that was apparently fixed in Qt 4.4.0:
>
>
> http://www.qtsoftware.com/developer/task-tracker/index_html?method=entry&id=194046
>
> You don't say which version of Qt you are using. If it's later than Qt
> 4.4.0,
> it would be good if you could report this as a bug using the Task Tracker.
>
> David
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PyQt 4.4.4-r1, Qt 4.4.2, and using:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
from PyQt4.QtCore import *
from PyQt4.QtGui import *

d = QDesktopServices()

x = '/home/piotr/test2/lol bar/photo_4900_8ea80c_huge.jpg'
x = unicode(QUrl(x).toEncoded()
print x
print QUrl(x).isValid()
d.openUrl(QUrl(x))
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Doesn't help. So is it a Qt bug?
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