https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=467369
Bug ID: 467369
Summary: When creating a link to an application from the
desktop context menu, selecting the program path from
the browse dialogue doesn't work with spaces
Classification: Plasma
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.27.2
Platform: openSUSE
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: squad...@gmail.com
CC: k...@davidedmundson.co.uk
Target Milestone: 1.0
Created attachment 157288
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=157288&action=edit
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SUMMARY
When creating a link to an application from the desktop context menu, selecting
the program path from the browse dialogue will produce a mess of escaped quotes
in the .desktop file
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Right click on the desktop and navigate to Create New -> Link to Application
2. Click over to the "Application" tab
3. Click the "Browse..." button to open the browse dialogue
4. Navigate to an application with a space character in the path and open it
5. The "Program:" field will now be populated with something like '/path/to/the
application/application'
6. Click OK
OBSERVED RESULT
The created .desktop file will now have a line like Exec=''\\''/path/to/the
application/application'\\'''
EXPECTED RESULT
The line being Exec='/path/to/the application/application'
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: OpenSUSE Tumbleweed 20230313
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.104.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
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