posit-dev / posit-dev/positron
Preview calls quarto without quoting the filename properly for zsh
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Description
Type: Bug
I'm working in a directory that has parentheses "abc(def)" in its path. When I click "Preview" the terminal runs a command that errors:
quarto preview /<path> --no-browser --no-watch-inputs
zsh: no matches found: <path>
If in the same terminal I repeat the command but with the path quoted, it works fine.
So the issue appears to be that the path with parentheses is not properly quoted for zsh.
Quarto extension version: 1.136.0
Version: Positron 2026.08.2+4 (747dd536c5913adad71a568a57679bb2c5e5cd71, 2026-08-20T19:13:05Z)
Code - OSS version: VS Code 1.124.0
OS version: Darwin arm64 24.6.0
Modes:
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | Apple M3 (8 x 2400) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: enabled_on trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off |
| Load (avg) | 8, 8, 7 |
| Memory (System) | 16.00GB (0.10GB free) |
| Process Argv | |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No source file or test is named. Start by locating the Preview command construction in the TypeScript extension code and reproduce it with a project path containing parentheses in zsh. Done means the generated quarto preview command safely quotes the path and Preview succeeds for such paths.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, zsh
- Domain
- cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100