GTK: improve app mode .desktop file creation....

chrome/common/chrome_plugin_util.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "chrome/common/chrome_plugin_util.h"
 
 #include "base/command_line.h"
 #include "base/file_util.h"
 #include "base/message_loop.h"
 #include "base/string_util.h"
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     if (file_util::AbsolutePath(&user_data_dir) &&
         file_util::PathExists(user_data_dir)) {
       arguments_w += std::wstring(L"--") + switches::kUserDataDir +
                      L"=\"" + user_data_dir + L"\" ";
     }
   }
 
   // Use '--app=url' instead of just 'url' to launch the browser with minimal
   // chrome.
   // Note: Do not change this flag!  Old Gears shortcuts will break if you do!
-  std::wstring url_w = UTF8ToWide(url);
-  arguments_w += std::wstring(L"--") + switches::kApp + L'=' + url_w;
+  std::string url_string(url);
+  ReplaceSubstringsAfterOffset(&url_string, 0, "\"", "\\\"");
+  ReplaceSubstringsAfterOffset(&url_string, 0, "%", "%%");
+  ReplaceSubstringsAfterOffset(&url_string, 0, ";", "");
+  ReplaceSubstringsAfterOffset(&url_string, 0, "$", "");
+  std::wstring url_w = UTF8ToWide(url_string);
+  arguments_w += std::wstring(L"--") + switches::kApp + L"=\"" + url_w + L"\"";
 
   *arguments = WideToUTF8(arguments_w);
 
   return CPERR_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 //
 // Host functions shared by browser and plugin processes
 //
 
 void* STDCALL CPB_Alloc(uint32 size) {
   return malloc(size);
 }
 
 void STDCALL CPB_Free(void* memory) {
   free(memory);
 }