GNU bug report logs - #32989
26.1; Opening PDF attachments in Gnus with doc-view-mode causes error on Windows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jordan Wilson <jordan.t.wilson <at> gmx.com>

Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 15:31:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.1

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 32989 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jordan Wilson <jordan.t.wilson <at> gmx.com>
Cc: 32989 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32989: 26.1;
 Opening PDF attachments in Gnus with doc-view-mode causes error on
 Windows
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2018 23:02:32 +0300

> From: Jordan Wilson <jordan.t.wilson <at> gmx.com>
> Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2018 15:44:55 +0100
> 
>   File error: "Opening output file", "Invalid argument", "c:/Users/Jordan/Emacs/.cache/docview-cache/ *mm*-012345" 
> 
> this leaves a buffer showing the file literally. If I rename that buffer
> to something not containing an asterisk, it displays fine when running
> "doc-view-mode". Windows apparently can't handle asterisks in
> directory/file names.

Windows doesn't allow '*' (and a few other characters) in any file
name, not just in directory name.  Gnus should run the file name
through convert-standard-filename to get something that is guaranteed
to work on any filesystem.
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