Can't export when defining extra pandoc arguments containing spaces

[mgmeyers]

I use a reference document with pandoc like so:

--reference-doc=/Users/matt/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents/Knowledge Garden/Templates/essay-template.docx

But because "Extra Pandoc arguments" are split on spaces, the plugin sees this as three arguments rather than one.

https://github.com/OliverBalfour/obsidian-pandoc/blob/master/pandoc.ts#L141

This throws the error:

pandoc: Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents/Knowledge: openBinaryFile: does not exist (No such file or directory)

[Limezy]

Hi, Have you tried using \ as an escape ?

--reference-doc=/Users/matt/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents/Knowledge\ Garden/Templates/essay-template.docx

[mgmeyers]

@Limezy Yeah, but no luck. The value of "Extra Pandoc arguments" is split on space characters before it's sent to the command line, so escaping that space has no effect.

[ndegroot]

I can confirm this. I did find a workaround for (path) spaces in plugin settings Please test it.

[naive231]

workaround for (path) spaces in plugin settings

I think you're missing another '\'. It should be placed in front of "Documents" of "Mobile Documents" like:

--reference-doc=/Users/matt/Library/Mobile\ Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents/Knowledge\ Garden/Templates/essay-template.docx