Re:Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device...
by jazzyjackson on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @11:38PM
(#28151567)
Would be cool to get around a limitation of Dropbox's native client: filenames with emojis (and other utf8 I assume) won't upload. If their filesystem doesn't like utf8, maybe the client could convert the offending filenames to base64 or punycode, and convert filenames back from the cloud... maybe I can find a place in the code to try this out, thanks for open sourcing. I notice you're using type hints in python and I've been wanting to learn more about that, would love to hear what toolchain is hip these days.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device...
by cerved on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:42AM
(#28152425)
what kind of psychopath puts emojis in filenames??
Re:Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device...
by beepboop43 on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:19AM
(#28152633)
screenshots of a browser where your screenshots are automatically named by the application window you're taking a screenshot of. if that tab is an article or forum post or anything that has an emoji in its title, you're getting emojis in the filename. you only find out when you go to find the screenshot later and it's missing. fun stuff
Re:Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device...
by wiether on Thursday August 12, 2021 @10:13AM
(#28156619)
I'm usually not a "you have to go the hard way before going the easy way"-guy, and I started the easy way actually, but using CLI every definitely changes the way you name your files.
And I can't see (and don't want to) how you would manage files through CLI that contains emojis in their name...
Re:Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device...
by eropple on Thursday August 12, 2021 @10:47AM
(#28156987)
It's distinctly not the easiest thing in the world, but on a Mac the emoji panel is "tap Fn" and on Windows it's Win-;.
Also, tab completion.
Re:Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device...
by djrogers on Thursday August 12, 2021 @11:45AM
(#28157763)
The default keyboard shortcut for the emoji picker in macOS is Ctrl+Cmd+Space, Fn is not used…
Re:Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device...
by eropple on Thursday August 12, 2021 @05:34PM
(#28161807)
You sure? On my M1 Air, I tap Fn and I get the emoji picker. I didn't configure this behavior.
Re:Open-source Dropbox client, with multi-account, no-device...
by jazzyjackson on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:46PM
(#28159259)
lol
I use YouTube-dl on Reddit, so the headline becomes the file name. Lots of emojis in Reddit titles. On the “nature is fucking lit” subreddit, it seems to be a rule to start your title with a fire emoji.