Nemo actions pass all files as a single argument

[FM33]

Hello,
This is a nemo-action specific issue. No problem using nemo scripts folder.
This makes scripts to fail with multiple selection + filenames containing spaces.

Test script :

!/bin/sh

if [ -e /tmp/tbn.txt ]; then rm /tmp/tbn.txt;fi
for file in "$@"; do
echo $file >> /tmp/tbn.txt
done
gedit /tmp/tbn.txt &

Test action :
[Nemo Action]
Active=true
Name=Test
Exec=/home/fabien/TMP/testbugnemo "%F"
Selection=NotNone
Extensions=any

Output with action :
/home/fabien/TMP/file 1 /home/fabien/TMP/file 2

Output with script submenu :
file 1
file 2

Output with action, without quotes around %F :
/home/fabien/TMP/file
1
/home/fabien/TMP/file
2

[mtwebster]

The ways around this is to use the Quote parameter, which will automatically enclose each individual file within quotations.

In the development branch, there is also a parameter to escape spaces out of the file list now as well.

[FM33]

Adding Quote=true to the action do not change anything.
I have nemo 2.2.4-3webupd8trusty0

[mtwebster]

Take a look at the sample action file: https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/blob/master/files/usr/share/nemo/actions/sample.nemo_action#L73

Try Quote=double

[FM33]

Thanks for the link. It solved this and another issue.

[vks]

I think not escaping filenames is a horrible default. It is very confusing, people will be running into this idiosyncrasy repeatedly, as this issue and issue #398 demonstrate.

More importantly, this behavior is always incorrect for multiple filenames containing spaces. Not escaping only works if there is only one filename or if there are no spaces.

Why not pick a more conservative default that is correct?