Make GoTo support other file systems
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 275
- Forks
- 16
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Description
It is impossible to navigate to zip://C:/image.zip nor to file://C:/Windows nor to any other URL with a scheme in it. If you need a use cases:
- Copying a link to a file in a zip directly (so I can access it quickly later).
- With more elaborate file system plugin implementations it could be easier to address a resource with a direct URL (e.g. using a FTP plugin).
Platform: Windows.
Versions: 0.8.8 and 0.8.9.
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Research direction
Start by locating the GoTo handling and the file-system plugin interfaces, then trace how paths with schemes are parsed. Check how zip:// and file:// URLs are represented on Windows and compare that with ordinary paths. Done means GoTo can navigate to the listed URL forms and other plugin-provided schemes without breaking regular navigation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100