Bug 2507 – Nyquist fails if track or project name contains quotes

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Audacity 3.0.3 development began 19th April 2021

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Bug 2507 - Nyquist fails if track or project name contains quotes


Summary:	Nyquist fails if track or project name contains quotes

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Audacity
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Nyquist
Version:	2.4.2
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	P3 RepeatableAll
Assigned To:	Steve Daulton

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Reported:	2020-07-23 10:11 UTC by Steve Daulton
Modified:	2020-07-26 09:29 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Steps To Reproduce:	1. Generate some audio into a new project 2. Rename the track as: Audio "2" Track 3. Apply the Limiter effect to the track. 4. Observe: the effect fails with an error message.
Release Note:	Nyquist effects fail if the track, or project name contains double quotes.
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Workaround:	Use only "safe" characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, underscore, hyphen, space) for track and project names.
Closed:	2020-07-26 00:00:00

Flags:	stevethefiddle: Must‑Test‑All‑OS+ petersampsonaudacity: Test‑OK‑Win+ petersampsonaudacity: Test‑OK‑Mac+

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Description Steve Daulton 2020-07-23 10:11:34 UTC

Most or perhaps all Nyquist effects fail if the track, or project name contains double quotes.

Assigned to myself.

Comment 1 Steve Daulton 2020-07-23 11:59:52 UTC

Fix committed at
https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/c7c679f

Comment 2 Peter Sampson 2020-07-26 09:27:01 UTC

(In reply to Steve Daulton from comment #1)
Tested on macOS 10.15.5 with Audacity 3.0.0 12f0c6e

Works fine on 3.0.0 now

(tested for comparison on 2.4.2 where it fails)

Comment 3 Peter Sampson 2020-07-26 09:29:28 UTC

Tested on W10 with Audacity 3.0.0 12f0c6e

Works fine on 3.0.0 now

(tested for comparison on 2.4.2 where it fails)