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quote_dropped_files

quote_dropped_files = "SpacesOnly"

Since: Version 20220624-141144-bd1b7c5d

The functionality described in this section requires version 20220624-141144-bd1b7c5d of wezterm, or a more recent version.

Controls how file names are quoted (or not) when dragging and dropping. There are five possible values:

  • "None" - no quoting is performed, the file name is passed through as-is.
  • "SpacesOnly" - backslash-escape only spaces, leaving all other characters as-is. This is the default for non-Windows platforms.
  • "Posix" - use POSIX style shell word escaping.
  • "Windows" - use Windows style shell word escaping: double-quote filename with space characters in it, and leaving others as-is. This is the default on Windows.
  • "WindowsAlwaysQuoted" - like "Windows", while always double-quote the filename.

For example:

quote_dropped_files file name quoted result
"None" hello ($world) hello ($world)
"SpacesOnly" hello ($world) hello\ ($world)
"Posix" hello ($world) "hello (\$world)"
"Windows" hello ($world) "hello ($world)"
"WindowsAlwaysQuoted" hello ($world) "hello ($world)"

Drag and drop support for files is a platform dependent feature

Platform Supported since
macOS 20220624-141144-bd1b7c5d
Windows 20220624-141144-bd1b7c5d
X11 (Since: Nightly Builds Only)
Wayland 20220624-141144-bd1b7c5d