x2 bug?

durf786 · Post by **durf786** » 2004 Nov 12, 22:45

Somehow I clicked the wrong button and ended up at ftp://user:password@server.com. The thing is, there is no way to get out of it. If I click on a drive it says, "Reading folder contents", then "Windows cannot access this folder". The URL changes to "ftp://user:password@server.com/C:%5C".

Thanks.

Post by **nikos** » 2004 Nov 13, 07:33

this is sort of a "feature"
the faulty ftp swallows all the paths you write in the addressbar
what i do is press <ctrl+backspace> to get back to the desktop and out of the broken ftp

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2004 Nov 13, 12:37

That's an annoying 'feature', nikos.
Any example/sample you put there should work.

You could use a public (i.e. 'anonymous') ftp-site, like
ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/

or how about an ftp site with lists of thousands of anonymous ftp sites:
ftp://ftp.landfield.com/usenet/news.answers/ftp-list/

User should refer to manual or QSguide for secure ftp syntax.

Post by **nikos** » 2004 Nov 13, 14:05

x2 knows nothing about ftp (neither do i)
it passes a path to the current folder and asks for a listing
m$ ftp is badly written and it will eat any path you pass to it without returning any error messages. What am i to do?

the only solution would be to write a complete ftp reader myself, which may happen, but not anytime soon, sorry

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2004 Nov 13, 21:02

You missed my point entirely. :shock:

The 'sample' should work as an example, or if it is just a dummy pattern, it should not cause x2 to 'hang'.
One approach would be for x2 to check for the sample pattern before handing off to IE, and redirect to the appropriate extended explanatoion point in the User Manual or in the Q.S.guide.
(Remember we're trying to think like a granny now, & many grannies won't be aware enough to know about Ctrl+Bkspc or even ESC ! )

Post by **nikos** » 2004 Nov 14, 07:10

You missed my point entirely

i sure did!
but these anonymous ftp examples won't demonstrate the use of login info as part of the ftp address

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2004 Nov 14, 14:42

[quote-"nikos"]but these anonymous ftp examples won't demonstrate the use of login info as part of the ftp address[/quote]
also true.
Hence my suggestion to have the sample be link to a more expanded description/example in the docs.