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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [controv] throwing away codey
From:       Kurt Granroth <granroth () suse ! com>
Date:       2000-09-19 20:49:22
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Rob Kaper wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 10:34:00PM +0200, Thomas wrote:
> > Try grabbing that url and use klipper to open a konqueror window. The
> > Reader$47 is replacede by Reader7
> 
> Hm, does Konqueror launch a shell? In that case, characters like $ should be
> escaped before launching.
 
Hmm.. this is a subtle problem.  Clearly, $4 is interpreted as a shell
variable.  Should it be escaped?  Well, what about this URL:

file:/$HOME

How should we expect that to work?
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