"--" argument is badly supported

[adam8157]

Hi, hut

As $subject, most programs don't support "--" argument.

For example, libreoffice doesn't support, but rifle.conf does.

And I recommend you to remove "--" from open_with, most programs fails, and all my scripts use for args in "$@" fails. Please...

[hut]

At first, some entries were buggy, but I tested almost all of them and fixed the wrong ones. Maybe you have an early, outdated rifle.conf? I did not test these programs yet: okular, kspread, totem and I don't know how many openoffice variants there are.... but I assumed they support it.

Removing "--" from all programs is a bad idea because it breaks handling of files starting with a "-" for all programs which interpret them as options. And most programs do support the "--" argument, including libreoffice 3.5 on archlinux. If you're absolutely sure that your version of libreoffice doesn't support it, I will remove it from libreoffice/openoffice for compatibility. Please point out any other programs which are affected by this.

And if your scripts don't support it, don't add it to the line in rifle.conf.

[adam8157]

Thanks for reply.

Maybe I didn't make myself clear. I mean remove "--" from open_with, we can't assume all programs support it, right?

If there is a file statring with a "-", user can add "--" manually(if they know how to create those files, they know "--"). Or, parse filename first, if starting with a "-", then use "--".

BTW, that libreoffice's version is 3.4, Fedora 16. And the libreoffice in Debian sid seems fine.

[hut]

Yes, I misunderstood. It's fixed now, thank you

[adam8157]

It comes out again, by c908fd3 ?

[hut]

Fixed, sorry =)

On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 06:04:19AM -0700, Adam Lee wrote:

It comes out again, by c908fd3 ?

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[hut]

Due to my sloppiness, different repositories got out of sync and I had to make a forced update. It should be correct now, but you might experience problems when pulling from this git repo...

[adam8157]

It's OK "again", :) Thank you.

BTW, changing a shared repo's history is not a good idea, another commit looks mess, but better for scm

[hut]

I know =/ But it was the only solution.
The repo at git://git.savannah.nongnu.org/ranger.git was always in good condition, but at some point I accidently "broke" the github repo. The only solution was to reset the history of the github repo to the same as the savannah repo.

[adam8157]

Please remove "--" from libreoffice command line, it don't support "--".

Name : libreoffice
Arch : x86_64
Epoch : 1
Version : 3.5.4.2
Release : 1.fc17

[hut]

done