[Bug 948321] [NEW] -e (execute) option mishanldes spaces

[Colomban Wendling]

Public bug reported:

The -e option of Konsole has a very strange behavior if one of the first
argument has a space in it.  Actually, everything after the space is
simply ignored:

$ konsole -e "/bin/sh somescript"
executes "/bin/sh"

$ konsole -e "/bin/some program with spaces"
tries to execute "/bin/some"

$ konsole -e "/bin/some\ program\ with\ spaces"
tries to execute "/bin/some program with spaces"

This behavior doesn't follow XTerm (and other) behavior and seems simply wrong.  I would've expected either
1) execute as a shell-formed command, so splitting at spaces and passing extra arguments to the command, or
2) execute the argument, e.g. with the spaces

This makes it hard to use konsole as a random terminal emulator from a
script or application, e.g. when mapped to x-terminal-emulator.  For
example, LP:#282972 made the Geany editor use "x-terminal-emulator" as
its terminal emulator, but broke Geany under KDE because it tries to run
"'x-terminal-emulator' '-e' '/bin/sh somescript'", and then Konsole
simply runs "/bin/sh".

Ubuntu version: 11.10
Konsole version: 4:4.7.1-0ubuntu2

** Affects: konsole (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  The -e option of Konsole has a very strange behavior if one of the first
  argument has a space in it.  Actually, everything after the space is
  simply ignored:
  
  $ konsole -e "/bin/sh somescript"
  executes "/bin/sh"
  
  $ konsole -e "/bin/some program with spaces"
  tries to execute "/bin/some"
  
  $ konsole -e "/bin/some\ program\ with\ spaces"
  tries to execute "/bin/some program with spaces"
  
  This behavior doesn't follow XTerm (and other) behavior and seems simply wrong.  I would've expected either
  1) execute as a shell-formed command, so splitting at spaces and passing extra arguments to the command, or
  2) execute the argument, e.g. with the spaces
  
  This makes it hard to use konsole as a random terminal emulator from a
  script or application, e.g. when mapped to x-terminal-emulator.  For
- example, #282972 made the Geany editor use "x-terminal-emulator" as its
- terminal emulator, but broke Geany under KDE because it tries to run "'x
- -terminal-emulator' '-e' '/bin/sh somescript'", and then Konsole simply
- runs "/bin/sh".
- 
+ example, LP:#282972 made the Geany editor use "x-terminal-emulator" as
+ its terminal emulator, but broke Geany under KDE because it tries to run
+ "'x-terminal-emulator' '-e' '/bin/sh somescript'", and then Konsole
+ simply runs "/bin/sh".
  
  Ubuntu version: 11.10
  Konsole version: 4:4.7.1-0ubuntu2

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