External-links with non-ASCII names do not work (Chinese, Cyrillic, etc)

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#1

Steps to reproduce

  1. Write a link to a external file with a Chinese name in the note.
    [Name](file:///C:/Users/bqw/Desktop/名字.xlsx)
  2. Click the link in preview mode

Expected result

The file will be opened with default application.

Actual result

Nothing happens.

Environment

  • Operating system: Windows 10

  • Obsidian version: 0.7.3

  • Using custom CSS: No

Additional information

It also happens when the path has a Chinese character.

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Allow to open local file
#2

Here is the same problem

#3

Not sure if we can do something about it, but we will look into it at some point.

#4

This makes Obsidian largely useless to me :frowning:

#5

I am not sure if this a limitation of electron or if there is something that we can do about it. We’ll look into it.

#6

Ready to help with testing different alternatives, if necessary.
At the same time, links to pdf work perfectly. If I have a яя.pdf document, then when using links like ![[яя.pdf]] is not a problem

#7

@Vadych we use a completely different mechanism for internal links.

#8

For me implementing this proposal would solve the problem

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#9

[png](file:///F:/%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87.png)

%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87 = “中文”

image

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#11

Is this bug still present?

#12

It works now. Thank you!