Need to handle macOS alias files
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- Dominant language
- Python
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- 82
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Description
These are not the same as symbolic links, and won't get resolved automatically.
Problem:
- create an alias of (say) a .designspace file
- try to open the alias with Fontra Pak
- Fontra will try to interpret the raw alias data as .designspace, which obviously fails
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Research direction
The issue names no files or tests. Start by locating the file-opening or path-resolution entry point that receives a macOS alias, then compare its behavior with symbolic links; done means an alias to a .designspace file is resolved before Fontra parses it.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, python
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100