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 Desktop Packages, 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 Status in “glib2.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Test cases: Find or rename an audio file so there is an apostrophe before a space in name right click on > open with Movie Player (or any media player Ex. - I'll be around.flac Name any text file in similar fashion, r. click > open with Text Editor Ex. - don't forget to do In addition to context can be seen from cli with xdg-open, gvfs-open & gtk-launch <app> <url> This wasn't a problem with glib thru glib2.0 (2.33.8-1), probably became one with glib2.0 (2.33.12-1) or thereabouts (can be tracked down if need be ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: libglib2.0-0 2.33.12-3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.17-generic 3.5.3 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Sep 15 19:35:55 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120912) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: glib2.0 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/1051447/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
