[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 682229] Re: GNOME Dictionary plugin doesn't work

[Dennis van Dok]

Some more information; the source of the problem is the call to
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start:

		cmd = string.Format ("gnome-dictionary --look-up \"{0}\"", word);
		System.Diagnostics.Process.Start (cmd);

The error message reads as though the system tries to run a file named
"gnome-dictionary --lookup bla", that is, including the spaces and
dashes, and of course there is no such thing. The fix is to use a
different call with two arguments: the program and then the arguments.

		cmd = string.Format ("--look-up \"{0}\"", word);
		System.Diagnostics.Process.Start ("/usr/bin/gnome-dictionary", cmd);


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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/682229

Title:
  GNOME Dictionary plugin doesn't work

Status in “gnome-do” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-do

GNOME Dictionary plugin of gnome-do (version 0.8.3.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1; maverick) doesn't work because somehow it tries to execute a wrong path. Instead of being relative to $PATH, it's relative to $HOME. The following is an error message I get when launching it from a terminal:

gvfs-open: file:///home/zygis/gnome-dictionary%20--look-up%20hendiadys: error opening location: Error stating file '/home/zygis/gnome-dictionary --look-up hendiadys': No such file or directory