Parsing problems with -tofld and folder with space in name

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Will

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Jan 21, 2019, 4:43:37 AM1/21/19
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I love the natural language parsing feature for task entry and have been using it heavily. However I'm having an issue and wondering if Anybody else is seeing the same?

This is on MLO3 for Android. I have the desktop version (v5) but am not close by and haven't tested on desktop yet.

The interesting thing to note is -tofld appears to only look at the first word and moves the task to a matching folder while appending anything after a space in the task title. This works fine for uniquely named folders. However, in the setup shown below a '-tofldProjects Required' will move the task into the 'Projects' parent folder rather than the 'Projects Required' subfolder.

Detailed test cases below...

Setup:
Next Actions (Folder)
Projects (Folder)
Projects Required (Subfolder of Projects)
Projects Wanted (Subfolder of Projects)

Attempted:
"@Computer" @Computer -f -tofldNext Actions

Result:
FAIL
Subfolder created under 'Next Actions' named '@Computer Actions' with context '@Computer'

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Attempted:
"@Computer" @Computer -f -tofld"Next Actions"

Result:
FAIL
Folder created in the Inbox named '@Computer Next Actions -tofld' with context '@Computer'

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Attempted:
"@Computer" @Computer -f -tofldNextActions

Result:
FAIL (as expected because the folder doesn't exist)
Folder created in the Inbox named '@Computer -tofldNextActions' with context '@Computer'

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Attempted:
"@Computer" @Computer -f -tofldNext

Result:
SUCCESS
Subfolder created under 'Next Actions' named '@Computer' with context '@Computer'

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Attempted:
"@Computer" @Computer -f -tofldNext\ Actions

Result:
FAIL
Folder created in the Inbox named '@Computer -tofldNext\' with context '@Computer'

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Attempted:
"@Computer" @Computer -f -tofldNext%20Actions

Result:
FAIL
Folder created in the Inbox named '@Computer -tofldNext%20Actions' with context '@Computer'

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Attempted:
Project Planning @Planning -f -tofldProjects

Result:
SUCCESS
Subfolder created under 'Projects' named 'Project Planning' with context '@Planning'

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Attempted:
Project Test -p -tofldProjects Required

Result:
FAIL
Project created under 'Projects' parent folder named 'Project Test Required'

Will

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Jan 22, 2019, 7:13:51 AM1/22/19
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Support gave me a partial solution. -tofld=<Words With Spaces> works on Android but not the Windows client.
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