Public bug reported: Currently url-dispatcher only supports handling URLs for which applications have registered as handlers of, directly in url-dispatcher. However, when using Unity 8 on a PC with legacy applications which are registered as handlers of URL schemes via their .desktop files, these applications are not usable as handlers.
** Affects: url-dispatcher (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Rodney Dawes (dobey) Status: In Progress ** Changed in: url-dispatcher (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Rodney Dawes (dobey) ** Changed in: url-dispatcher (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to url-dispatcher in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1672450 Title: No support for legacy apps URL handling Status in url-dispatcher package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: Currently url-dispatcher only supports handling URLs for which applications have registered as handlers of, directly in url- dispatcher. However, when using Unity 8 on a PC with legacy applications which are registered as handlers of URL schemes via their .desktop files, these applications are not usable as handlers. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/url-dispatcher/+bug/1672450/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp