From 75e660f78e8672280872f6800126185d07143688 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:25:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ensure file:// prefix is trimmed from notepad

---
 Services/NotepadStorageService.qml | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Services/NotepadStorageService.qml b/Services/NotepadStorageService.qml
index 5a93e643..bdf581b2 100644
--- a/Services/NotepadStorageService.qml
+++ b/Services/NotepadStorageService.qml
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
 Singleton {
     id: root
 
-    readonly property string baseDir: StandardPaths.writableLocation(StandardPaths.GenericStateLocation) + "/DankMaterialShell"
+    readonly property string baseDir: {
+        var path = StandardPaths.writableLocation(StandardPaths.GenericStateLocation) + "/DankMaterialShell"
+        if (path.startsWith("file://")) {
+            return path.substring(7)
+        }
+        return path
+    }
     readonly property string filesDir: baseDir + "/notepad-files"
     readonly property string metadataPath: baseDir + "/notepad-session.json"
 
@@ -321,13 +327,8 @@ Singleton {
     }
 
     function createEmptyFile(path, callback) {
-        // Ensure path is a local file path, not a URL
         var cleanPath = path.toString()
-        if (cleanPath.startsWith("file://")) {
-            cleanPath = cleanPath.substring(7)
-        }
 
-        // Validate the cleaned path is absolute and in the right location
         if (!cleanPath.startsWith("/")) {
             cleanPath = baseDir + "/" + cleanPath
         }