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-rw-r--r--util/epist/actions.cc8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/util/epist/actions.cc b/util/epist/actions.cc
index afe33e35..11871950 100644
--- a/util/epist/actions.cc
+++ b/util/epist/actions.cc
@@ -39,7 +39,13 @@ Action::Action(enum ActionType type, KeyCode keycode, unsigned int modifierMask,
for (int i = 0; str_types[i] != noaction; ++i) {
if (type == str_types[i]) {
- _stringParam = str;
+ // the first and last characters of the string are quotes, and we need to
+ // get rid of them
+ assert(str.size() >= 2);
+ assert(str[0] == '"');
+ assert(str[str.size() - 1] == '"');
+
+ _stringParam = str.substr(1, str.size() - 2);
return;
}
}