Index: tools/ew.py
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--- tools/ew.py	(revision fd244cdff94e64c1cb9d660f37606762434c4b40)
+++ tools/ew.py	(revision ecf0a04bcb6a86a1df0df00dbc2294763a2c7a03)
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@
 
 def run_in_console(cmd, title):
-	ecmd = cmd.replace('"', '\\"')
 	temu = termemu_detect()
 	if temu == 'gnome-terminal':
-		cmdline = temu + ' -- ' + ecmd
-	else:
+		cmdline = temu + ' -- ' + cmd
+	else:
+		ecmd = cmd.replace('"', '\\"')
 		cmdline = temu + ' -T ' + '"' + title + '"' + ' -e "' + ecmd + '"'