Incompatibility of password protected files linux vs windows version about cherrytree HOT 13 CLOSED

I cannot confirm this bug, you have to provide a valid password example for me 
to reproduce, it may be some particular password character(s) that cause the 
problem.

I'm using the same password protected document in linux and windows and never 
had this problem.

Original comment by [email protected] on 14 Dec 2014 at 11:48

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Original comment by [email protected] on 14 Dec 2014 at 11:48

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I have the same problem: I worked only on Ubuntu until now, I migrated for a few months on Windows but my .ctx won't open. I opened it in Ubuntu and Save As... unprotected .ctb then on Windows I reSaved .ctd to .ctx.

I haven't tested if the new .ctx file created on Windows works on Ubuntu (I am lazy).

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Hi, the problem is related to specific chars in the password and the linux
vs windows terminal/shell. Can you try to spot what char/chars are not
cross platform and let me know?
On 4 Apr 2016 12:32, "moldcraft" [email protected] wrote:

I have the same problem: I worked only on Ubuntu until now, I migrated for
a few months on Windows but my .ctx won't open. I opened it in Ubuntu and Save
As... unprotected .ctb then on Windows I reSaved .ctd to .ctx.

I haven't tested if the new .ctx file created on Windows works on Ubuntu
(I am lazy).

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lower/upper case letters, numbers and only this ^ special character. e.g.: he11^W^R1D

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Now I tried to open in Ubuntu the .ctx created on Windows and it says the pass is wrong

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I can see the problem thank you. I'm going to ban the caret char from the passwords in the next versions

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I removed the ^ character from password and now I can open the file on Windows and Linux.

Thank you!

P.S. Can you explain please why it happens?

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That's because it's a special character in Windows command line, see
http://www.pcmech.com/article/use-the-carat-to-escape-characters-in-the-command-prompt-and-batch-files/
On 3 May 2016 08:15, "moldcraft" [email protected] wrote:

I removed the ^ character from password and now I can open the file on
Windows and Linux.

Thank you!

P.S. Can you explain please why it happens?

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Better you should escape special characters on windows instead of blacklisting characters

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You're right, when I started I just picked the quickest solution. If you
could implement the fix yourself, test on both linux and windows and create
a pull request that would be of great help.
On 3 May 2016 14:51, "moldcraft" [email protected] wrote:

Better you should escape special characters
http://www.robvanderwoude.com/escapechars.php on windows instead of
blacklisting characters

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Ok, I will try.

So the escape must be done only in 2 places, on save and open?

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Correct, thank you for your help!
On 3 May 2016 15:38, "moldcraft" [email protected] wrote:

Ok, I will try.

So the escape must be done only in 2 places, on save

cherrytree/modules/core.py

Line 1589 in b709a20

bash_str = '%s a -p%s -w%s -bd -y %s %s' % (cons.SZA_PATH,

and open

cherrytree/modules/core.py

Line 1945 in b709a20

bash_str = '%s e -p%s -w%s -bd -y -o%s %s' % (cons.SZA_PATH,

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