fix #4697, adds backslashes quotation for exec (#4699)

Signed-off-by: Sergio E. Nemirowski <[email protected]>
irshadcc · Dec 6, 2021 · 70f23ca · 70f23ca
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diff --git a/i3-dmenu-desktop b/i3-dmenu-desktop
@@ -482,7 +482,8 @@ EOT
     # double quote which is NOT preceded by a backslash (\).
     #
     # Therefore, we escape all double quotes (") by replacing them with \"
-    $exec =~ s/"/\\"/g;
+    $exec =~ s/\\"/\\\\\\"/g;
+    $exec =~ s/([^\\])"/$1\\"/g;
 
     if (exists($app->{StartupNotify}) && !$app->{StartupNotify}) {
         $nosn = '--no-startup-id';