SUMMARY I am attempting to create a "copy in same directory" useraction (Shift+F5 in Total Commander). However, I noticed that placeholder expansion won't work correctly starting with the third nesting level. You can see the issue under https://github.com/KDE/krusader/blob/3766d4106642e15c5970ff51b768271ae4bab3f2/krusader/UserAction/expander.cpp#L1131. The algorithm deciding whether we are in quotes right now is overly simple and will fail on the following construct for example: %a("%b("%c("x","y")")%")% It will assume that "%b("%c("x" is the first parameter of the %a()% placeholder (even number of quotation marks) and evaluate it on its own, hence the "unterminated %" error. The algorithm needs to recognize nested placeholders properly, not merely quotation marks. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Create a user action with the following command: %_Copy("%aCurrent("yes", "no")%", "%_Ask("New file name", "%aCurrent("yes", "no")%")%")% 2. Run the user action. OBSERVED RESULT Error: unterminated % in Expander EXPECTED RESULT The useraction runs and allows copying a file. This is what I get if I remove the second parameter from the second %aCurrent()% placeholder, at the cost of unnecessary backslashes being added for some file names. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux: Kubuntu 20.04 KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.68.0 Qt Version: 5.12.8