alt Hacker NewsSo many headaches could be avoided if we only allowed `[A-Za-z0-9._-]` in paths. (Arguably, even `-` can be problematic.) Encoding issues, expansion, parameter separation, ... and I never saw a convincing case in favor of supporting anything else.
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Dylan16807 • today at 2:58 PM
If you're trying to avoid headaches then definitely don't allow -. At least not as the first character in a segment.
And allowing any letters from any language is probably worth the hassle.
dylan604 • today at 2:09 PM
I always joked about setting a custom keyboard layout to replace the space char with the underscore char specifically for avoiding spaces in file paths.
What about people who do not speak English? or even use Latin letters?