"Copy as path" quoting

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Daniel Noll

I just recently discovered "Copy as path" when holding down shift and
right clicking a file or folder.

Problem is it turns out that it puts quotes around the path so I often
have to manually delete the quotes after pasting the path.

I don't suppose there is some way to change the default behaviour. :-)

Daniel
 
Daniel Noll said:
I just recently discovered "Copy as path" when holding down shift and right
clicking a file or folder.

Problem is it turns out that it puts quotes around the path so I often
have to manually delete the quotes after pasting the path.

I don't suppose there is some way to change the default behaviour. :-)

Daniel
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I don't know but why do you want the quotes off?
 
Lee said:
I don't know but why do you want the quotes off?
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1. Pasting a path into another application with the quotes on does not
work. Try pasting into Internet Explorer or Firefox, for example.

2. Pasting any string into an IDE might cause the IDE to escape the
quotes, and besides, in general you don't want the quotes on a path
in this scenario in the first place.

Daniel
 
Daniel Noll said:
1. Pasting a path into another application with the quotes on does not
work. Try pasting into Internet Explorer or Firefox, for example.
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Why would you paste an application path into a browser?
2. Pasting any string into an IDE might cause the IDE to escape the
quotes, and besides, in general you don't want the quotes on a path
in this scenario in the first place.
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I see. My point was that the Run line in Windows ignores quotes.
 
Lee said:
Why would you paste an application path into a browser?
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Presumably you wouldn't. I was talking about the path to folders and
files, which you would paste into a browser presumably because you would
want to view them.
I see. My point was that the Run line in Windows ignores quotes.
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Yep. The "Run" command ignores quotes, but pasting a path into that
would be a waste of time since you might as well just double click on
the item itself. The Command Prompt sometimes requires quotes, and
sometimes doesn't. And most other applications do strange things unless
the quotes are removed.

Daniel
 
Daniel Noll said:
Presumably you wouldn't. I was talking about the path to folders and
files, which you would paste into a browser presumably because you would
want to view them.
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OK, a little odd, I would use the Run interface for that.
Yep. The "Run" command ignores quotes, but pasting a path into that would
be a waste of time since you might as well just double click on the item
itself.
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You might not be at the level of the particular file or folder at that time,
so pasting a whole path that you had on the clipboard would be quicker than
burrowing down with Explorer.
The Command Prompt sometimes requires quotes, and sometimes doesn't. And
most other applications do strange things unless the quotes are removed.
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OK
 
Lee said:
OK, a little odd, I would use the Run interface for that.
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I wouldn't. The Firefox window is already there, I don't need a second
one. :-)

The programming use case is much more common anyway.

Daniel
 
Daniel Noll said:
I wouldn't. The Firefox window is already there, I don't need a second
one. :-)
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Not to beat a horse, but right above you said you wouldn't paste an
application path into a browser, but then you said you would. If you are
trying to confuse me you're succeeding.
The programming use case is much more common anyway.
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Among programmers, no doubt..
 
Lee said:
Not to beat a horse, but right above you said you wouldn't paste an
application path into a browser, but then you said you would. If you are
trying to confuse me you're succeeding.
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I would not paste an *APPLICATION PATH* into a browser.

I would paste the path to *FOLDERS* and *FILES*.

There is no contradiction here. Just someone who isn't reading very
carefully.

Daniel
 
On Fri said:
I just recently discovered "Copy as path" when holding down shift and
right clicking a file or folder.
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Problem is it turns out that it puts quotes around the path so I often
have to manually delete the quotes after pasting the path.
Click to expand...

It's tricky, because some contexts require these quotes (else the
first space is taken as delimiting between partameters) while other
contexts won't work with them (e.g. if appending to another path).

It's one of those "can't please everyone" things, or rather, can't be
compatible with all contexts. Perhaps there's an extra modifying key
hold to change the behaviour, e.g. Ctl+Shift?
 
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