Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-terminal
In gnome-terminal, for anyone who does not already use this feature, when a user drags something into a terminal window, the URI is copied into the terminal. Local filenames are even converted from full "file://" URIs to simple path names. This is a really cool feature. However, many filenames in the wild have evil characters such as !#&*()[]{}"'`<>,; and whitespace. If, for example, you were to download a .torrent from mininova.org, and then type 'azureus ' into the terminal and try to drag and drop the filename, bash would complain about the characters in that filename. The solution is to escape those characters before inserting the filename. I wrote a patch for this, which has been accepted into the upstream cvs- head. However, this patch can just as easily be applied to the current ubuntu package, while simply packaging the modified upstream would require a library change. The relevant upstream bug is #85926. ** Affects: gnome-terminal (upstream) Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #85926 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85926 ** Also affects: gnome-terminal (upstream) via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85926 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- quote filename on dnd https://launchpad.net/bugs/54602 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs