launcher with spaces in command does not work from menu

[Cruxic]

Binary package hint: xubuntu-desktop

There seems to be a couple problems with launchers in xubuntu 9.10 (perhaps older versions too):

1) mkdir "/tmp/foo bar"
2) cp /usr/bin/mousepad "/tmp/foo bar"
3) Right click the desktop and create a launcher pointed at /tmp/foo bar/mousepad
4) Double click the launcher - it will not launch mousepad (bug #1)
5) Edit the .desktop file and quote the Exec value
6) Double click the launcher and it works correctly (good)
7) Move the .desktop file into ~/.local/share/applications so that it shows up on the Applications menu
8) Click the launcher from menu and it fails to launch (bug #2).

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

This bug was reported on Ubuntu Launchpad as:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/388095

From the launchpad report:

There seems to be a couple problems with launchers in xubuntu 9.10 (perhaps older versions too):

1) mkdir "/tmp/foo bar"
2) cp /usr/bin/mousepad "/tmp/foo bar"
3) Right click the desktop and create a launcher pointed at /tmp/foo bar/mousepad
4) Double click the launcher - it will not launch mousepad
5) Edit the .desktop file and quote the Exec value
6) Double click the launcher and it works correctly (good)
7) Move the .desktop file into ~/.local/share/applications so that it shows up on the Applications menu
8) Click the launcher from menu and it fails to launch

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here.

This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6239

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Reaffecting to garcon, as libxfce4menu is being replaced by garcon in natty.

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

The second bug seems to be fixed here in natty.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package exo - 0.5.6-0ubuntu1

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exo (0.5.6-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream development release:
    - Exo-desktop-item-edit now quotes spaces correctly. lp #388095
  * debian/patches/abicheck.diff: dropped, included upstream.
  * Resync a few packaging changes from pkg-xfce svn.
 -- Lionel Le Folgoc <email address hidden> Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:14:01 +0100

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