tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect

Vim Sessions with Escape Characters Not Restored?

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#162 opened on Oct 11, 2016

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Description

I seem to be able to cd into a directory and edit a file in vim and have it restored. When I just type the full path name of the with vim it fails to restore. This is worse when there are escape characters, such as spaces in the name.

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Tech stack
shell
Domain
developer experience
Issue type
bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
shell scriptingtmuxtmux resurrect internalsescaping in shell
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40
Research direction
Investigate the save and restore scripts in the `scripts/` directory, focusing on how vim session files are persisted and restored. Look at the session save logic to see if paths are quoted or escaped. The issue occurs when using full paths with spaces; check if the restore script unescapes or parses the saved paths correctly. Review comments in the issue for any suggested patches or workarounds. Consider adding proper quoting (e.g., double quotes) around file paths in the save/restore commands to handle spaces and other special characters.