Comment #3 on issue 254 by twpayne: XMonad.Contrib.Util.Run.runInTerm does not work with terminal = "gnome-terminal" http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=254 'If that is so, then why not use double quotes then?' Because then it would be fragile with respect to double quotes :-) The problem here is that a string is being built that is then passed to the shell (/bin/sh -c). It's quite tricky to get all the quoting right when the user input can contain shell metacharacters. Rather than building a string it can be easier and safer to to pass arguments as an array to exec, this avoids all the shell malarky. -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings