Alt-F2 does not run command with argument with a :, ;

[zasran]

Binary package hint: unity

Install unity-place-applications 0.2.46-0ubuntu3.1 from natty-proposed. Then logout and login again in the session

1. Press alt + F2
2. run gvim rrr:rrr.txt
(the file has to have :)
-> this should run the command

When trying to run command after pressing Alt-F2 that contains a semicolon (e.g. gvim scp://host/file, gvim rrr:rrr.txt) nothing happens. The program does not run (gvim window does not appear, ps auxwww|grep gvim returns nothing).

Arguments without semicolon work fine (gvim rrr.txt)

Of course, there could be more problematic characters, I only noticed semicolon though.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.8.10-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,grid,regex,mousepoll,imgpng,move,place,unitymtgrabhandles,vpswitch,gnomecompat,animation,resize,workarounds,session,wall,expo,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell]
Date: Tue May 3 14:13:15 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-29 (3 days ago)

[Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)]

was filed against wrong component during the upload, copying manually there:

unity-place-applications (0.2.46-0ubuntu4) oneiric; urgency=low

  * Cherry-pick some fixes:
    - Allow the Core category to be included under All Applications (and hence
      show up in Dash searches as well). This means that one can now find Help,
      Home Folder, Computer, and Network. The ommision of this xdg category was
      probably a relic of our netbook launcher past (LP: #758042)
    - Fix illegal XML in unity-place-applications.menu.in. xmllint is happy now.
      Patch courtesy Daniel Holbert (LP: #72152)
    - trim the alt + F2 command line (LP: #767750)
    - ensure we are matching files as files (no space in the command). This
      enables to launch gvim rrr:rrr.txt which is matched (LP: #776731)

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Accepted unity-place-applications into natty-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

I've followed the test case and it indeed fixes the issue, marking this as verification-done, thanks all.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity-place-applications - 0.2.46-0ubuntu3.1

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unity-place-applications (0.2.46-0ubuntu3.1) natty-proposed; urgency=low

  * Cherry-pick some fixes:
    - Allow the Core category to be included under All Applications (and hence
      show up in Dash searches as well). This means that one can now find Help,
      Home Folder, Computer, and Network. The ommision of this xdg category was
      probably a relic of our netbook launcher past (LP: #758042)
    - Fix illegal XML in unity-place-applications.menu.in. xmllint is happy now.
      Patch courtesy Daniel Holbert (LP: #772152)
    - trim the alt + F2 command line (LP: #767750)
    - ensure we are matching files as files (no space in the command). This
      enables to launch gvim rrr:rrr.txt which is matched (LP: #776731)
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 26 May 2011 15:25:53 +0200

[omvsj (omvsj)]

It neither runs commands with Quoted text or Double quoted text:
VBoxManage startvm "Windows XP SP3"
VBoxManage startvm 'Windows XP SP3'

Both commands run in Terminal

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

natty has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the natty task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".