Index: mythnews.cpp
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RCS file: /var/lib/mythcvs/mythnews/mythnews/mythnews.cpp,v
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -w -r1.12 mythnews.cpp
--- mythnews.cpp	25 Jun 2004 21:17:56 -0000	1.12
+++ mythnews.cpp	18 Jul 2004 21:09:30 -0000
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <qpainter.h>
 #include <qdir.h>
 #include <qtimer.h>
+#include <qregexp.h>
 
 #include "mythnews.h"
 
@@ -553,7 +554,16 @@
         NewsArticle *article = (NewsArticle*) articleUIItem->getData();
         if(article)
         {
-            QString cmd = QString( "%1 %2 %3").arg(browser).arg(zoom).arg(article->articleURL());
+	    QString cmdURL (article->articleURL());
+	    cmdURL = QRegExp::escape( cmdURL );
+	    int i = cmdURL.find( QRegExp("[;&]"), 0 );
+	    while ( i != -1 )
+	    {
+	    	cmdURL = cmdURL.insert( i, "\\");
+	    	i = cmdURL.find( QRegExp("[;&]"), i+2 );
+	    }
+            QString cmd = QString( "%1 %2 %3").arg(browser).arg(zoom).arg(cmdURL);
+	    
             myth_system( cmd );
         }
      }