settings: use bash array args to close #849

settings

@@ -28,10 +28,9 @@ if [ "$1" == 'refresh' ];then
   done
   IFS="$PREIFS"
   exit 0
-fi
+  
-
+elif [ "$1" == 'revert' ];then #If $1 equals 'revert', then overwrite all settings with the defaults and then the script will exit.
-#$1 is usually left blank. If it equals 'revert', then overwrite all settings with the defaults and then the script will exit.
+  
-if [ "$1" == 'revert' ];then
   #overwrite all settings with the defaults
   settings="$(ls "${DIRECTORY}/etc/setting-params" | tr '\n' '|')"
   PREIFS="$IFS"
@@ -61,8 +60,8 @@ exitloop=''
 while [ -z $exitloop ];do
   
   settings="$(ls "${DIRECTORY}/etc/setting-params" | tr '\n' '|')"
-  yadparams=''
+  yadparams=()
-  tooltips=''
+  tooltips=()
   PREIFS="$IFS"
   IFS='|'
   for name in $settings
@@ -88,25 +87,17 @@ $(echo "$params" | grep -vx "$curval")"
     #echo "Params of ${name}: ${params}"
     #echo "Tooltip of ${name}: ${tooltip}"
     
-    yadparams="${yadparams}
+    yadparams+=(--field=:CB "${params}")
---field=:CB
+    tooltips+=(--field="${name}":!!"${tooltip}":BTN '')
-${params}"
-    tooltips="${tooltips}
---field=${name}:!!${tooltip}:BTN
-''"
   done
   IFS="$PREIFS"
   
-  #replace all space ' ' characters with a special kind of space: a punctuation space ( ). This way, bash won't split the strings into separate words.
-  yadparams="$(echo "$yadparams" | sed 's/ / /g')"
-  tooltips="$(echo "$tooltips" | sed 's/ / /g')"
-  
   output="$(yad --center --title='Pi-Apps Settings' --width=310 --height=300 \
     --form --separator='\n' --window-icon="${DIRECTORY}/icons/logo.png" --columns=2 \
-    $tooltips \
+    "${tooltips[@]}" \
     --field='Categories...'!"${DIRECTORY}/icons/categories.png":FBTN "bash -c '${DIRECTORY}/etc/categoryedit &>/dev/null'" \
     --field='Log files...'!"${DIRECTORY}/icons/log-file.png":FBTN "bash -c '${DIRECTORY}/etc/logviewer &>/dev/null'" \
-    $yadparams \
+    "${yadparams[@]}" \
     --field='New App...'!"${DIRECTORY}/icons/create.png":FBTN "bash -c '${DIRECTORY}/createapp &>/dev/null'" \
     --button='Reset'!"${DIRECTORY}/icons/backup.png"!'Reset all settings to their defaults':2 \
     --button=Cancel!"${DIRECTORY}/icons/exit.png":1 \