This is also an issue with Ubuntu 12.04. It is also likely a duplicate of a few other bugs:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/1277884 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simple-scan/+bug/515386 The problem appears to be with a few bugs in /usr/bin/xdg-email: #1: The function desktop_file_to_binary() runs a grep command which attempts to extract the name of the email executable from ~/.local/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop by finding a line in it which begins "Exec=thunderbird <args>". Unfotunately, there are several of these matching lines in the thunderbird.desktop file: Exec=thunderbird %u Exec=thunderbird -compose Exec=thunderbird -addressbook The grep command finds all of them, and the subsequent call to "which" to find the executable looks for a program called "thunderbird thunderbird thunderbird". This can be fixed by adding a "-m 1" flag to the grep command to stop at the first instance. #2: In the function open_gnome(), it calls desktop_file_to_binary() with the argument $browser when it should use the argument $desktop. (The function open_lxde() calls desktop_file_to_binary() correctly with $desktop.) Both of these observations were pointed out previously in: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simple-scan/+bug/515386/comments/44 After making these two changes, xdg-email correctly calls /usr/lib/thunderbird/thunderbird.sh -compose "attachment='<filename>'" instead of gvfs-open "mailto:?attach=<filename>" The problem has nothing to do with thunderbird's inability to handle mailto: attachments. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xdg-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1401632 Title: xdg-email fails to add attachment with Thunderbird Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Attachment is not added even though I can attach files from command- line using the following command thunderbird -remote "xfeDoCommand(composeMessage,subject='S',to='y...@example.com',body='B',attachment='/some/absolute/file.txt')" ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu7.1 ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.13.0-40.69-generic 3.13.11.10 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-40-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Dec 11 10:24:08 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-18 (83 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: xdg-utils UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/1401632/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
