GNU bug report logs - #62747
29.0.90; Invalid desktop file

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>

Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 09:29:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 29.0.90

Done: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 62747 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Ulrich Müller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>, 62747 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: bug#62747: 29.0.90; Invalid desktop file
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 16:05:19 +0200

>> invalid-desktopfile /usr/share/applications/emacsclient.desktop value "sh -c "if [ -n \\"\\$*\\" ]; then exec emacsclient --alternate-editor= --display=\\"\\$DISPLAY\\" \\"\\$@\\"; else exec emacsclient --alternate-editor= --create-frame; fi" sh %F" for key "Exec" in group "Desktop Entry" contains a non-escaped character '$' in a quote, but it should be escaped with two backslashes ("\\$")
>> invalid-desktopfile /usr/share/applications/emacsclient.desktop value "sh -c "if [ -n \\"\\$*\\" ]; then exec emacsclient --alternate-editor= --display=\\"\\$DISPLAY\\" \\"\\$@\\"; else exec emacsclient --alternate-editor= --create-frame; fi" sh %F" for key "Exec" in group "Desktop Entry" contains a non-escaped character '$' in a quote, but it should be escaped with two backslashes ("\\$")
>> invalid-desktopfile /usr/share/applications/emacsclient.desktop value "sh -c "if [ -n \\"\\$*\\" ]; then exec emacsclient --alternate-editor= --display=\\"\\$DISPLAY\\" \\"\\$@\\"; else exec emacsclient --alternate-editor= --create-frame; fi" sh %F" for key "Exec" in group "Desktop Entry" contains a quote which is not closed
>> invalid-desktopfile /usr/share/applications/emacsclient.desktop value "sh -c "if [ -n \\"\\$*\\" ]; then exec emacsclient --alternate-editor= --display=\\"\\$DISPLAY\\" \\"\\$@\\"; else exec emacsclient --alternate-editor= --create-frame; fi" sh %F" for key "Exec" in group "Desktop Entry" contains a reserved character '$' outside of a quote

BTW, emacsclient.desktop in 29.0.90 is identical to the file shipped
with Emacs 28.1 and 28.2, except for replacing "placeholder" by "sh"
for the command name.
This bug report was last modified 2 years and 134 days ago.

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