Wallon
Bug: XML menu generation failure on JWM due to unescaped “&” in .desktop files
I am using antiX and I encountered a recurring issue where the menu system fails to generate correctly when using JWM (Joe’s Window Manager).
The problem is that several .desktop files in /usr/local/lib/antiX/antix26-desktop-files/reservoir/ contain the “&” character in their Name or GenericName fields.
Because JWM’s menu generator relies on XML, the raw & character causes it to crash.
I verified this by running jwm -p (the JWM configuration validator), which reports the following error:
JWM: warning: $HOME/.jwm/menu-applications[54]: invalid entity: “& Equali”
In the file /home/wallon/.jwm/menu-applications, you have this;
<Program label="Audio Effects & Equaliser (“EasyEffects”)" icon="/usr/share/icons/Qogir/scalable/apps/com.github.wwmm.easyeffects.png">easyeffects</Program>
These characters should be properly escaped as "&" to ensure compatibility.
I identified the following files as affected:
antiX-docs.desktop
antiX-hostname-changer.desktop
antiX-memory-manager.desktop
antix-pdm.desktop
app-select.desktop
barrier.desktop
com.github.wwmm.easyeffects.desktop
ft10-setup.desktop
iDevice-Mounter.desktop
luckybackup.desktop
luckybackup-gnome-su.desktop
set_time-and_date.desktop
Could you please update these files to use "&" instead of &?
This would fix the menu generation issue for JWM users.
Thank you in advance for your support.
PS : « I tried to write & but the forum automatically converts it back to &, which exactly illustrates why the JWM menu generator fails on these files! »
“I suggest replacing the raw ampersand character with the corresponding XML entity. In technical terms, it should be the ampersand symbol followed by the letters ‘amp’ and a semicolon.”
- This reply was modified 5 months, 1 week ago by Wallon.
- This reply was modified 5 months, 1 week ago by Wallon.
- This reply was modified 5 months, 1 week ago by Wallon.