[hardy] Cannot use question mark ("?") in URL link/shortcut

[Kris Marsh]

Binary package hint: nautilus

Problem:
When creating a link to a URL with a question mark in it, it does not work.

Steps to reproduce:

1) Go to a URL with a question mark in. e.g. http://www.google.com/search?&q=ubuntu
2) Drag the tab to the desktop.
3) Click on the created link.
4) Notice that the link does not work correctly.

More information:
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04

nautilus:
  Installed: 1:2.22.3-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1:2.22.3-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1:2.22.3-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:2.22.2-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

firefox:
  Installed: 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3
  Candidate: 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

moogman@eyebrow:~/Desktop$ cat ubuntu\ -\ Google\ Search.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Link to ubuntu - Google Search
Type=Link
URL=http://www.google.com/search?&q=ubuntu
Icon=gnome-fs-bookmark

From http://library.gnome.org/devel/desktop-entry-spec/:

Quoting must be done by enclosing the argument between double quotes and escaping the double quote character... Reserved characters are question mark ("?")...

I've tried using \? "?" "\?" \"?" \"\" etc., but none of these make the link work.

[Kris Marsh (moogman)]

Hi, This is not a duplicate.

The problem in bug #233913 does not seem to exist on my machine. Additionally, the 'custom launcher' is a different application to the 'Create Launcher' on the desktop.

If you can confirm that the following reproducible steps above result in the correct outcome in Ibex then that would be great. Otherwise, this is still a bug.

Thanks!

[Dave Walker (davewalker)]

I can confirm this bug. On first inspection it would seem that the url isn't properly encapsulated with -->"<-- or the punctuation question mark isn't properly escaped.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.