Index: action.py
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--- action.py
+++ action.py
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 # api: streamtuner2
 # type: functions
 # category: io
 # title: play/record actions
 # description: Starts audio applications, guesses MIME types for URLs
-# version: 1.1.2
+# version: 1.2.0
 # priority: core
 #
 # Multimedia interface for starting audio players, recording app,
 # or web browser (listed as "url/http" association in players).
 # It maps audio MIME types, and extracts/converts playlist types
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@
 import re
 import os
 import platform
 import copy
 import json
+import subprocess, pipes
 from datetime import datetime
 from xml.sax.saxutils import escape as xmlentities, unescape as xmlunescape
 
 import ahttp
 from config import *
@@ -130,11 +131,13 @@
 
 
 
 # Exec wrapper
 def run(cmd):
-    if conf.windows:
+    if "exec" in conf:
+        cmd = conf.cmd % cmd
+    elif conf.windows:
         cmd = "start " + cmd
     else:
         cmd = cmd + " &"
     try:
         log.EXEC(cmd)
@@ -177,18 +180,20 @@
 
 
 # OS shell command escaping
 #
 def quote(ins):
-    if conf.windows:
-        Q = '"%s%"'
-    else:
-        Q = "%r"
-    if type(ins) is list:
-        return " ".join([Q % str(s) for s in ins])
-    else:
-        return Q % str(ins)
+    if type(ins) is list:
+        return " ".join([quote(s) for s in ins])
+    # Windows: double quotes
+    elif conf.windows:
+        return subprocess.list2cmdline([ins])
+        return '"%s"' % ins
+    # Posix-style shell quoting
+    else:
+        return pipes.quote(ins)
+        return "%r" % ins
 
 
 # Convert e.g. "text/x-scpls" MIME types to just "pls" monikers
 #
 def listfmt(t = "pls"):