This small javascript application is for helping switching between different computers, locations and operating systems.
The same locations can have different file paths between these.
The \ sign from the windows filepath gets converted to / for Linux (and macOS) and replaces the prefix between the two filepaths.
It can be used in various situations, for different file paths on the computer / network, for translating the local file path in remote desktop.
Values are saved when pressing the arrow buttons/checkboxes/radiobuttons on Home.
Special character conversions varies between software. For the moment , just a few special characters are translated with the exceptions, # to %23, two ways and space to %20, one way, because spaces are not always escaped in nautilus, ubuntu 20 in which I tested with
The website lives on https://magniip.com/locationTranslator
There are applications made with electron available, listed below.
There could be added more features.
An update notification in the app is in place.
Only the website will update for now.
Author: Magni IP - magniip.com - 2025