I believe it's this bug, fixed upstream https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562907
Tested the diff (12621_12620.diff from /~registry/glib/trunk) & fixes here ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #562907 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562907 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to glib2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051447 Title: [regression] Filenames and paths that contain an apostrophe before a space in the name won't open correctly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/1051447/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs