Spaces in install path break shortcuts in Linux/Unix

If there are spaces in the install path, the installer does not correctly generate the scripts to launch an app in Linux/Unix. It looks like spaces in the install path are not properly escaped.

I did the following after installing my app on Ubuntu 8.10:

1. Opened the text editor

2. Dragged the app's desktop icon onto the Text Editor.

3. Removed the opening and closing quote (") from the lines that begin with Exec=, Icon= and Path=

4. In the line that begins with Exec= I put a backslash () before every space

5. Saved the script

6. Double clicked on it to test it and it worked.

I did the same thing to the menu item for the app and that worked.

So it possible to fix izpack to correctly escape spaces in the install path? Is this the general solution?