Public bug reported:
When comparing files whose names contain "&", the "Tabs" menu
incorrectly decodes that as an HTML entity. If file names contain just
"&", a warning is printed on standard output:
(meld:26474): LIBDBUSMENU-GTK-WARNING **: Could not parse 'a&b : c&d':
Error on line 1: Entity did not end with a semicolon; most likely you
used an ampersand character without intending to start an entity -
escape ampersand as &
How to reproduce:
$ touch 'weird&file'
$ touch 'another weird&file'
$ meld 'weird&file' 'another weird&file'
Then open Tabs menu.
Expected result:
The tab is listed as "weird&file : another weird&file".
Actual result:
The tab is listed as "weird&file : another weird&file".
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: meld 1.5.2-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 17 13:58:16 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110211.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: meld
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-16 (0 days ago)
** Affects: meld (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity
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& in filenames is eaten in menus
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