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Fix non-ASCII and special-character filenames in directory mode - #122
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Switch from text/template to html/template so that filenames containing HTML-special characters (&, <, >) are automatically escaped in rendered output, preventing broken markup. Add a urlPathEscape template function that percent-encodes each path segment for use in href attributes. This ensures non-ASCII characters (e.g. Japanese, Chinese) and URL-special characters (#, &) produce valid, clickable links in directory listings and breadcrumbs. Fix double percent-encoding in the live-reload fetch (script.js): window.location.pathname is already percent-encoded by the browser, so decode it before re-encoding with encodeURIComponent. Without this fix, the /__/md endpoint received a double-encoded path and returned 404 for any non-ASCII filename. Mark TemplateParam.Body and HeadingsHTML as template.HTML to preserve intentionally raw Markdown-rendered HTML through the html/template escaping pipeline.
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Problem
Directory-listing mode (
-D) had two bugs that broke non-ASCII and special-character filenames:Double percent-encoding in live reload (script.js)
window.location.pathnameis already percent-encoded by the browser(e.g.
/日本語.md→/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E.md). TheloadMarkdown()fetch wrapped it inencodeURIComponent()again,producing
%25E3%2583%2586…. The/__/mdendpoint decoded only onelayer, looked up the literal string
%E6%97%A5…on disk, and returned404. The correctly server-rendered page was then overwritten with
an error message.
No HTML/URL escaping in the template (text/template)
The HTML template used
text/template, which performs no contextualescaping. Filenames containing
&,<,>could break the markup,and filenames containing
#or non-ASCII characters produced invalidhrefattributes (e.g.href="/file#1.md"— the browser treats#1.mdas a fragment).Changes
internal/server/static/script.jsDecode
window.location.pathnamebefore re-encoding so the/__/mdquery parameter is single-encoded:
internal/server/server.go,types.go,directory_handler.gotext/template→html/templatefor automatic contextualHTML escaping of filenames, titles, and breadcrumb labels.
urlPathEscapetemplate function that percent-encodes eachpath segment (
url.PathEscape) while preserving/separators.TemplateParam.BodyandHeadingsHTMLtotemplate.HTMLso intentionally rendered Markdown HTML is not escaped.
internal/server/template.htmlUse
{{urlPathEscape .Path}}in allhrefattributes (file tree,directory index, breadcrumbs, back-to-README link).
Tests (
internal/server/nonascii_test.go, fixtures intestdata/nonascii/)/__/mdendpoint returns correct content for Japanese/Chinese paths.&, and#filenames.foo&bar.md).%E6%97%A5…,file%231.md).Affected flags / modes
--directory-listing(-D): primary fix target.Testing