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Maybe add shell quoting advice to the basic instructions #32689

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ho3skn0w opened this issue Jan 11, 2024 · 3 comments
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Maybe add shell quoting advice to the basic instructions #32689

ho3skn0w opened this issue Jan 11, 2024 · 3 comments

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ho3skn0w commented Jan 11, 2024

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  • I'm reporting a broken site support
  • I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.12.17
  • I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
  • I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
  • I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

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Maybe add the necessary "" to the basic instructions ....?!?!? took me like a whole 5 min to search and figure out that NOWHERE in the original docs informs of the required quotations around the desired URL.

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dirkf commented Jan 11, 2024

  1. Follow the template according to READ THIS BEFORE OPENING A NEW ISSUE! THIS MEANS YOU! #30839.
  2. It's a FAQ answer.
  3. Learn the Highway Code before you use your newly downloaded free car.

The importance, and style, of quoting depends on your shell, which we can't control.

Now that macOS is coming with zsh as default, which treats embedded ? specially, it may be worth rolling more explicit advice into the installation help.

@dirkf dirkf changed the title maybe add the necessary "" to the basic instructions ....?!?!? took me like a whole 5 min to search and figure out that NOWHERE in the original docs informs of the required quotations around the desired URL. Maybe add shell quoting advice to the basic instructions Jan 16, 2024
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dirkf commented Jan 16, 2024

There could be a paragraph of basic advice at the end of the Installation section including links to the FAQ.

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