Unity should ignore trailing &

Bug #754327 reported by Jeremy Bícha
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Unity
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
unity-2d
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
unity-lens-applications
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Wishlist
Unassigned
unity-2d (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
unity-place-applications (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: unity

Since I was using Unity on Natty before we had Alt+F2 functionality, I got used to typing commands to be run with an & at the end so that I could still run other commands from the terminal. Unity should discard this final & since it is meant for the command interpreter, not the program that is being called.

Testcase:
1. Alt+F2
2. Type gedit &
3. Enter, gedit should not open ~/& but should just open a new unnamed file

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.8.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.41-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
Date: Fri Apr 8 02:04:23 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-01-01 (97 days ago)

Revision history for this message
Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

om26er_> didrocks, Hi! any words on bug 754327 ?
<didrocks> om26er_: not a priority anyway, wishlist for O I would say

Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity-place-applications (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Changed in unity-place-applications:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity-place-applications (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Changed in unity-2d:
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen (kamstrup) wrote :

Sorry Jeremy :-) but I really don't want to get into supporting random VTE features. The Unity Alt-F2 runner is not a VTE.

Changed in unity-lens-applications:
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
Changed in unity:
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
Changed in unity-place-applications (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
Changed in unity-2d:
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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