diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index faf2fa3..ec15014 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
             patches/7724.diff
             patches/7733.diff
             patches/7750.diff
+            patches/7908-draft.diff
             patches/7910.diff
             patches/7921.diff
             patches/7923_draft.diff
diff --git a/patches/7908-draft.diff b/patches/7908-draft.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c0af8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/7908-draft.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+diff --git a/java/java.lsp.server/script/bin/nbcode b/java/java.lsp.server/script/bin/nbcode
+index 326fe2d08a89..cea526130b6f 100755
+--- a/java/java.lsp.server/script/bin/nbcode
++++ b/java/java.lsp.server/script/bin/nbcode
+@@ -52,7 +52,20 @@ if [ -f "$progdir/../etc/$APPNAME".conf ] ; then
+     . "$progdir/../etc/$APPNAME".conf
+ fi
+ 
+-# XXX does not correctly deal with spaces in non-userdir params
++doubleQuoteArg() {
++    # wrap all arguments as "" strings, escape any internal back-slash, double-quote, $, or back-tick characters
++    #  use printf to avoid echo interpretation behaviors such as escapes and line continuation
++    # Mac bsd_sed does not support group-0, so pattern uses group-1
++    printf '"%s"' "`printf '%s' "$@" | sed -e 's@\([$\"\`\\]\)@\\\\\\1@g' `"
++}
++
++singleQuoteArg() {
++    # wrap all arguments as '' strings, escaping any internal single-quote characters
++    #  use printf to avoid echo interpretation behaviors such as escapes and line continuation
++    # Mac bsd_sed does not support group-0, so pattern uses group-1
++    printf "'%s'" "`printf '%s' "$@" | sed -e 's@'\''@'\''\\\\'\'''\''@g' `"
++}
++
+ args=""
+ 
+ case "`uname`" in
+@@ -69,9 +82,11 @@ case "`uname`" in
+ esac
+ while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
+     case "$1" in
++        --jdkhome) shift; if [ $# -gt 0 ] ; then jdkhome="$1"; fi
++            ;;
+         --userdir) shift; if [ $# -gt 0 ] ; then userdir="$1"; fi
+             ;;
+-        *) args="$args \"$1\""
++        *) args="$args `doubleQuoteArg \"$1\" `"
+             ;;
+     esac
+     shift
+@@ -121,8 +136,8 @@ case "`uname`" in
+     Darwin*)
+         eval exec sh '"$nbexec"' \
+             --jdkhome '"$jdkhome"' \
+-            -J-Xdock:name='"$APPNAME"' \
+-            '"-J-Xdock:icon=$progdir/../../$APPNAME.icns"' \
++            '-J-Xdock:name="$APPNAME"' \
++            '-J-Xdock:icon="$progdir/../../$APPNAME.icns"' \
+             --clusters '"$clusters"' \
+             --userdir '"${userdir}"' \
+             ${default_options} \
+diff --git a/platform/o.n.bootstrap/launcher/unix/nbexec b/platform/o.n.bootstrap/launcher/unix/nbexec
+index 1d6ad6e53019..abac07411d43 100755
+--- a/platform/o.n.bootstrap/launcher/unix/nbexec
++++ b/platform/o.n.bootstrap/launcher/unix/nbexec
+@@ -56,6 +56,20 @@ postfixcp=""
+ 
+ updater_class=org.netbeans.updater.UpdaterFrame
+ 
++doubleQuoteArg() {
++    # wrap all arguments as "" strings, escape any internal back-slash, double-quote, $, or back-tick characters
++    #  use printf to avoid echo interpretation behaviors such as escapes and line continuation
++    # Mac bsd_sed does not support group-0, so pattern uses group-1
++    printf '"%s"' "`printf '%s' "$@" | sed -e 's@\([$\"\`\\]\)@\\\\\\1@g' `"
++}
++
++singleQuoteArg() {
++    # wrap all arguments as '' strings, escaping any internal single-quote characters
++    #  use printf to avoid echo interpretation behaviors such as escapes and line continuation
++    # Mac bsd_sed does not support group-0, so pattern uses group-1
++    printf "'%s'" "`printf '%s' "$@" | sed -e 's@'\''@'\''\\\\'\'''\''@g' `"
++}
++
+ #
+ # parse arguments
+ #
+@@ -85,7 +99,7 @@ EOF
+             nogui="nogui";
+             args="$args --nogui"
+             ;;
+-        --jdkhome) shift; if [ $# -gt 0 ] ; then jdkhome=$1; fi
++        --jdkhome) shift; if [ $# -gt 0 ] ; then jdkhome="$1"; fi
+             ;;
+         # this has to be here for purposes of updater.jar, but it should be
+         # better to handle this argument inside the java launcher part 
+@@ -117,8 +131,8 @@ EOF
+         -psn*)
+             shift;
+             ;;
+-        -J*) jopt=`expr "X-$1" : 'X--J\(.*\)'`; jargs="$jargs '$jopt'";;
+-        *) args="$args \"$1\"" ;;
++        -J*) jopt=`expr "X-$1" : 'X--J\(.*\)'`; jargs="$jargs `singleQuoteArg \"$jopt\" `";;
++        *) args="$args `doubleQuoteArg \"$1\" `";;
+     esac
+     shift
+ done
+@@ -187,27 +201,27 @@ fi
+ 
+ jargs="$jargs -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError"
+ if [ -z "`echo $jargs | grep -- "-XX:HeapDumpPath="`" ] ; then
+-  jargs="$jargs -XX:HeapDumpPath=\"${userdir}/var/log/heapdump.hprof\""
++  jargs="$jargs -XX:HeapDumpPath=`doubleQuoteArg \"${userdir}/var/log/heapdump.hprof\" `"
+ fi
+ # rename old heap dump to .old
+ mv "${userdir}/var/log/heapdump.hprof" "${userdir}/var/log/heapdump.hprof.old" > /dev/null 2>&1
+ 
+ jargs_without_clusters="$jargs -Djava.security.manager=allow"
+-jargs="-Dnetbeans.dirs=\"${clusters}\" $jargs_without_clusters"
++jargs="-Dnetbeans.dirs=`doubleQuoteArg \"${clusters}\" ` $jargs_without_clusters"
+ 
+ if [ -z "$cachedirspecified" ]; then
+    cachedir="${userdir}/var/cache"
+ fi
+ 
+ if [ `uname` != Darwin -a -z "$nosplash" -a -f "${cachedir}/splash.png" -a ! -f "${userdir}/lock" ]; then
+-   jargs="$jargs -splash:\"${cachedir}/splash.png\""
++   jargs="$jargs -splash:`doubleQuoteArg \"${cachedir}/splash.png\" `"
+ fi
+ 
+ jdkhome=`absolutize_path "$jdkhome"`
+ 
+-args="--userdir \"${userdir}\" $args"
++args="--userdir `doubleQuoteArg \"${userdir}\"` $args"
+ 
+-args="--cachedir \"${cachedir}\" $args"
++args="--cachedir `doubleQuoteArg \"${cachedir}\"` $args"
+ 
+ append_jars_to_cp() {
+     dir="$1"
+@@ -279,7 +293,7 @@ build_cp() {
+ }
+ 
+ do_run_updater() {
+-    eval "\"$jdkhome/bin/java\"" -classpath "\"${updatercp}\"" "$jargs" "-Dnetbeans.user=\"$userdir\"" $updater_class "$args"
++    eval '"$jdkhome/bin/java"' -classpath '"${updatercp}"' "$jargs" '-Dnetbeans.user="$userdir"' $updater_class "$args"
+     construct_cp
+ }
+ 
+@@ -360,7 +374,7 @@ else
+ fi
+ 
+ if [ ! -z "${DEFAULT_USERDIR_ROOT}" ] ; then
+-	jargs="-Dnetbeans.default_userdir_root=\"${DEFAULT_USERDIR_ROOT}\" $jargs"
++	jargs="-Dnetbeans.default_userdir_root=`doubleQuoteArg \"${DEFAULT_USERDIR_ROOT}\"` $jargs"
+         unset DEFAULT_USERDIR_ROOT
+ fi
+ 
+@@ -427,7 +441,7 @@ while [ "$restart" ] ; do
+     #
+     delete_new_clusters_file
+     rm -f "${restart_file}"
+-    eval ${_NB_PROFILE_CMD} "\"${jdkhome}/bin/java\"" -Djdk.home="\"${jdkhome}\"" -classpath "\"$cp\"" \
++    eval ${_NB_PROFILE_CMD} '"${jdkhome}/bin/java"' '-Djdk.home="${jdkhome}"' -classpath '"$cp"' \
+         "$jargs" org.netbeans.Main "$args" '<&0' '&'
+     PID=$!
+     trap "kill $PID" EXIT
+diff --git a/platform/o.n.bootstrap/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/nbexec/NbExecPassesCorrectlyQuotedArgsTest.java b/platform/o.n.bootstrap/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/nbexec/NbExecPassesCorrectlyQuotedArgsTest.java
+index 3ccd38505fed..91923d6e4118 100644
+--- a/platform/o.n.bootstrap/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/nbexec/NbExecPassesCorrectlyQuotedArgsTest.java
++++ b/platform/o.n.bootstrap/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/nbexec/NbExecPassesCorrectlyQuotedArgsTest.java
+@@ -22,9 +22,14 @@
+ import java.io.IOException;
+ import java.io.InputStream;
+ import java.net.URL;
++import java.nio.file.Files;
++import java.nio.file.Path;
+ import java.util.Arrays;
+ import java.util.LinkedList;
+ import java.util.List;
++import java.util.Objects;
++import java.util.stream.Collectors;
++import java.util.stream.Stream;
+ import org.netbeans.junit.NbTestCase;
+ import org.openide.util.Lookup;
+ import org.openide.util.Utilities;
+@@ -77,7 +82,57 @@ public void testStartsArePassedInUnparsed() throws Exception {
+             fail(str + " should be there: " + a);
+         }
+     }
+-    
++   
++    public void testJdkHomePassed() throws Exception {
++        File wd = new File(getWorkDir(), "jdk dir");
++        wd.mkdirs();
++        String origJdkHome = System.getProperty("java.home");
++        Path origJdk = new File(origJdkHome).toPath();
++        String[] linkNames = {
++            "openjdk's jdkhome",
++            "jdk \"latest\"",
++            "current$JAVA_HOME",
++            "link\"'d jdk"
++        };
++        Path[] links = new Path[linkNames.length];
++        for (int i = 0; i < linkNames.length; i++) {
++            links[i] = new File(wd, linkNames[i]).toPath();
++        }
++        
++        String[] args = {
++            "1 * * * *",
++            "a b",
++            "c d",
++            "$1",
++            "$2",
++            "$3\"`$2`'$1"
++        };
++        
++        for (Path link : links) {
++            try {
++                Path l = Files.createSymbolicLink(link, origJdk);
++                if (link.compareTo(l) != 0) {
++                    fail("link creation mismatch: expected<" + link + "> != actual<" + l + ">");
++                }
++                System.setProperty("java.home", link.toString());
++                String[] nbArgs = {
++                    "--jdkhome",
++                    link.toString()
++                };
++                run(wd, Stream.concat(Arrays.stream(nbArgs), Arrays.stream(args)).collect(Collectors.toList()).toArray(new String[]{}));
++
++                String[] gotArgs = MainCallback.getArgs(getWorkDir());
++                assertNotNull("args passed in", gotArgs);
++                for (int in = args.length, jn = gotArgs.length, i = 0, j = Math.max(0, jn - in); i < in ; i++, j++) {
++                    if (j >= jn || !Objects.equals(args[i], gotArgs[j]))
++                        fail("args do not match: expected<" + Arrays.toString(args) + "> != actual<" + Arrays.toString(gotArgs) + ">");
++                }
++            } finally {
++                System.setProperty("java.home", origJdkHome);
++                Files.delete(link);
++            }
++        }
++    }
+     
+     private void run(File workDir, String... args) throws Exception {
+         URL u = Lookup.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation();
diff --git a/script/bin/nbcode b/script/bin/nbcode
index 326fe2d..cea5261 100755
--- a/script/bin/nbcode
+++ b/script/bin/nbcode
@@ -52,7 +52,20 @@ if [ -f "$progdir/../etc/$APPNAME".conf ] ; then
     . "$progdir/../etc/$APPNAME".conf
 fi
 
-# XXX does not correctly deal with spaces in non-userdir params
+doubleQuoteArg() {
+    # wrap all arguments as "" strings, escape any internal back-slash, double-quote, $, or back-tick characters
+    #  use printf to avoid echo interpretation behaviors such as escapes and line continuation
+    # Mac bsd_sed does not support group-0, so pattern uses group-1
+    printf '"%s"' "`printf '%s' "$@" | sed -e 's@\([$\"\`\\]\)@\\\\\\1@g' `"
+}
+
+singleQuoteArg() {
+    # wrap all arguments as '' strings, escaping any internal single-quote characters
+    #  use printf to avoid echo interpretation behaviors such as escapes and line continuation
+    # Mac bsd_sed does not support group-0, so pattern uses group-1
+    printf "'%s'" "`printf '%s' "$@" | sed -e 's@'\''@'\''\\\\'\'''\''@g' `"
+}
+
 args=""
 
 case "`uname`" in
@@ -69,9 +82,11 @@ case "`uname`" in
 esac
 while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
     case "$1" in
+        --jdkhome) shift; if [ $# -gt 0 ] ; then jdkhome="$1"; fi
+            ;;
         --userdir) shift; if [ $# -gt 0 ] ; then userdir="$1"; fi
             ;;
-        *) args="$args \"$1\""
+        *) args="$args `doubleQuoteArg \"$1\" `"
             ;;
     esac
     shift
@@ -121,8 +136,8 @@ case "`uname`" in
     Darwin*)
         eval exec sh '"$nbexec"' \
             --jdkhome '"$jdkhome"' \
-            -J-Xdock:name='"$APPNAME"' \
-            '"-J-Xdock:icon=$progdir/../../$APPNAME.icns"' \
+            '-J-Xdock:name="$APPNAME"' \
+            '-J-Xdock:icon="$progdir/../../$APPNAME.icns"' \
             --clusters '"$clusters"' \
             --userdir '"${userdir}"' \
             ${default_options} \