#575 unexpected behaviour with -e option

[Anonymous]

Sample Script:

#!/bin/sh

while [ $# -gt 0 ]
do
echo "\"$1\""
shift
done

If I execute "sample.sh *", filenames and directories are echoed propperly. If I pass it to a terminal via "lxterminal -e sample.sh *", all files with spaces in its name are parted. Instead of "A File.ods" it echoes "A" "File.ods". Tried it with dash and bash on Debian Wheezy and OpenSuse 12.2.

[Sworddragon]

I'm having the problem too that lxterminal does split quoted arguments on spaces. Here is an example with a desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Exec=lxterminal -e /tmp/test.py %F
MimeType=inode/directory;
Name=Test
NoDisplay=true
Type=Application

Targeting a directory with spaces will now be split into too much arguments. I have tested this also with xterm and it is working fine.

[FinboySlick]

Should be fixed in git. Please test and report.

[Sworddragon]

On testing this with LXTerminal 0.2.0 the bug doesn't appear there anymore.

[FinboySlick]

The fix in 0.2.0 is actually a bit of a hack. For example, you couldn't pass a null string as an argument. I have proper fix that I'm almost done testing, should be in the next few commits. That will also solve some of the login shell issues.