Opening file from right-click ends with a wrong file name

[detlefm]

• VSCode Version: Code 1.10.2 (8076a19fdcab7e1fc1707952d652f0bb6c6db331, 2017-03-08T14:00:46.854Z)
• OS Version: Linux x64 4.4.0-64-generic

• Extensions: none

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a text file like t.txt with echo "Hello world" > t.txt (for me it was ~/home/bart/t.txt)
2. Open Explorer and open with right click this file
3. VS Code creates a new file under ~/file:// for me was ~/file:/home/bart

[bpasero]

@detlefm what happens when you try the same from the command line?

@Tyriar this seems to be an issue with the desktop integration?

[Tyriar]

@detlefm what distro are you using? Also I don't believe VS Code attempts to install explorer integration, did you follow a tutorial to do this or something?

[detlefm]

I have made a video, so you can see what going on.

https://1drv.ms/v/s!AtB7LG8L7-PfjsEj1S81YzPTqXu5LQ

From the terminal: /usr/share/code/code --unity-launch t1.txt and /usr/share/code/code t1.txt works fine.

But, when I look at the recent files list (see attachment) then there are entries like ~/file:/home/bart/t1.txt The "file:" makes the problem, I get the same pattern when I call from terminal

/usr/share/code/code file://home/bart/t2.txt

1. A folder "file:/home/bart/" is created with the file t2.txt
2. In the recent file list I get an entry with ~/file:/home/bart/t2.txt

I think the PCManFM 1.2.4 from lubuntu 16.04 calls vscode with the file:// prefix. I don't know if this is a behavior only of PCManFM or also from other Linux / Mac Explorers.

• detlefm

2017-03-20 17:30 GMT+01:00 Benjamin Pasero notifications@github.com:

@detlefm https://github.com/detlefm what happens when you try the same from the command line?

@Tyriar https://github.com/Tyriar this seems to be an issue with the desktop integration?

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[detlefm]

I made some tests on other Ubuntu derivatives (all from 16.04 Ubuntu) and wrote a small Gtk Gui to display the argument. All work fine with VS Code: Thunar / Xubuntu -> ok, files / Ubuntu -> ok, showarg.zip

Nemo / Linux Mint -> ok

Only pcmanfm on Lubuntu expands to file:///home// when calling from "open with" right-click. Atom deals correct with this "file://" prefix and opens the correct file. VS code fails. I attach my Gtk test program (sorry - I have only very limited knowledge of Gui development on Linux, so I borrow the code from a GTK tutorial).

[Tyriar]

Something's wrong with the video upload

[detlefm]

Ok, lets try Dropbox - from my side all looks fine also for Onedrive - but.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o6mhi6ifmdf6236/VSCode_20-03-2017%2015-29-00.mp4?dl=0

• detlefm

2017-03-21 19:35 GMT+01:00 Daniel Imms notifications@github.com:

Something's wrong with the video upload

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[Tyriar]

@bpasero something weird is going on in that video:

1. Open /home/bart/t.txt in VS Code, a new named file opens
2. Save file, a file is created at /home/bart/file:/home/bart/t.txt

I would guess it's related to loading of the resources since the correct path seems to be there, it's just being prefixed with the cwd.

[detlefm]

I am not sure if you read my comment in the issue I added 8 hours before.

What I see it is related to pcmanfm. Thunar, files, and nemo working fine.

First I tried VSCode on Xubuntu, Mint and Ubuntu: No problems.

Second I wrote a small GUI to see what the filemanager provides as file argument.

It was possible to see that pcmanfm calls vscode with a prefix of "file://" to /home//

Here my comment: to the issue.

I made some tests on other Ubuntu derivatives (all from 16.04 Ubuntu) and wrote a small Gtk Gui to display the argument. All work fine with VS Code: Thunar / Xubuntu -> ok, files / Ubuntu -> ok, showarg.zip https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/files/858346/showarg.zip

Nemo / Linux Mint -> ok

Only pcmanfm on Lubuntu expands to file:///home// when calling from "open with" right-click. Atom deals correct with this "file://" prefix and opens the correct file. VS code fails. I attach my Gtk test program (sorry - I have only very limited knowledge of Gui development on Linux, so I borrow the code from a GTK tutorial).

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• detlefm

2017-03-21 22:54 GMT+01:00 Daniel Imms notifications@github.com:

@bpasero https://github.com/bpasero something weird is going on in that video:

1. Open /home/bart/t.txt in VS Code, a new named file opens
2. Save file, a file is created at /home/bart/file:/home/bart/t.txt

I would guess it's related to loading of the resources since the correct path seems to be there, it's just being prefixed with the cwd.

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[Tyriar]

@detlefm yep, just summarizing the issue for @bpasero

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