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extension: previewing a docx file with Chinese characters in the filename on Windows fails
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Description
Bug description
Originally reported in https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/8834. VS Code and Positron aren't able to open the preview for a file named 文档.qmd if the format is docx.
Steps to reproduce
In VS Code or Positron on Windows,
- open a new file named 文档.qmd
- add
---
title: "hey"
format: docx
---
hi
and save
- run the Quarto Preview command
- in the "Render complete - View preview" popup, click the button
- In VS Code, nothing happens. In Positron, we get a popup that says "An error occurred opening an external program. Failed to open: The system cannot find the file specified. (0x2)"
Actual behavior
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Expected behavior
The file should open in MS Word if that's what's configured as the default.
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the Quarto Preview flow on Windows with a .qmd file named 文档.qmd and format: docx. Trace the preview's external-program handoff and compare the behavior for ASCII and Chinese filenames; done means the generated DOCX opens in the configured default application.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- cli, desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100