Named bookmarks not recognized on Windows Powershell

[abrahambahez]

Just upgrade klog, excited for the multiple bookmarks feature. But when I try to set a new one, it just assign it to default.

I've tried in Linux and work well

[vladdeSV]

This is related to you using PowerShell.

Try quoting the bookmark name:

klog bookmarks set D:\vidadigital\pd\doctorado.klg '@doctorado'

[vladdeSV]

@jotaen Why are bookmark names required to be prefixed by an @ when creating a bookmark? Unless there is some specific reason for this, then maybe this requirement can be removed to help PowerShell users?

Pseudo-code in the bookmark creation

if name[0] != '@'
  name = '@' + name

[jotaen]

@vladdeSV The prefix is not required when setting a bookmark, only when using it. So for setting you can say `klog bookmarks set file.klg foo` and then use it via `klog total @foo`. I didn't test on Powershell unfortunately, only with cmd.exe. But I assume if setting doesn't work, then using the named bookmark won't probably work either on Powershell.

[vladdeSV]

Ah, that is true.

Best suggestion I have then would be to add a note in the documentation that PowerShell users need to quote the bookmark name.

[jotaen]

Yes, even though quoting is inconvenient, it might still be the best workaround... I won't be able to look into this more this week, so I'll take care of it later. I hope it can be fixed somehow, otherwise I'll add some warning / hint in the docs. Thanks for reporting!

[vladdeSV]

This issue should be closed, or possibly renamed to reflect that this is PowerShell related.

Solution to problem is to quote the bookmark name ('@myBookmark').

[jotaen]

The @ operator is special syntax on Windows Powershell for hash tables or “splatting”. It is resolved before klog is invoked, so unfortunately it’s not possible for klog to detect or handle it.

I’ve added a note in the documentation how to workaround this. You can either prepend the bookmark name with a backtick, or you wrap it in quotes. So both the following ways will do:

klog total `@foo
klog total '@foo'