[okular] [Bug 419813] New: Okular on Windows cannot open WSL 2 files

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419813

            Bug ID: 419813
           Summary: Okular on Windows cannot open WSL 2 files
           Product: okular
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
                OS: MS Windows
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: okular-devel at kde.org
          Reporter: wjb at williamjbowman.com
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY

This might be more of a wish than a bug but: Okular doesn't seem to handle WSL
2 paths correctly, and thus cannot open files on WSL 2.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set Okular as your default PDF reader
2. In Explorer, open a PDF that is in your WSL 2 image. The explorer path will
be "\\wsl$\<wsl-name>\path\to\file.pdf".
3. Okular reports an error: "Could not open
file:///<wsl-name>/path/to/file.pdf"

OBSERVED RESULT

Cannot open WSL 2 files at all.

EXPECTED RESULT

Can open WSL 2 files normally.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 10


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

I thought this might be due to handling of Windows network paths incorrectly,
since the WSL acts like a network path, but I could access network files
correctly so maybe not.

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