Bug#678886: xdg-utils: xdg-open does not open magnet links (for bittorrent)

2012-06-28 Thread Per Olofsson
Hi Norman, 2012-06-24 22:41, Norman Ramsey skrev: I have attempted to patch the code to use xdg-mime query default application/x-bittorrent My patch works on Debian in a generic desktop environment. I find the code somewhat ugly. The general idea is an optional second parameter to

Bug#678886: xdg-utils: xdg-open does not open magnet links (for bittorrent)

2012-06-28 Thread Norman Ramsey
I have attempted to patch the code to use xdg-mime query default application/x-bittorrent My patch works on Debian in a generic desktop environment. I find the code somewhat ugly. The general idea is an optional second parameter to open_generic_xdg_mime()

Bug#678886: xdg-utils: xdg-open does not open magnet links (for bittorrent)

2012-06-28 Thread Per Olofsson
2012-06-28 15:45, Norman Ramsey skrev: Thank you, but I have my own work to do. So do I. This problem with magnet links is highly visible on the web, and I would think that you would want it fixed. Yes, but this is only an issue if you are not running a desktop environment, right? It

Bug#678886: xdg-utils: xdg-open does not open magnet links (for bittorrent)

2012-06-28 Thread Per Olofsson
2012-06-28 21:02, Norman Ramsey skrev: This problem with magnet links is highly visible on the web, and I would think that you would want it fixed. Yes, but this is only an issue if you are not running a desktop environment, right? It should work in Gnome, KDE, Xfce and

Bug#678886: xdg-utils: xdg-open does not open magnet links (for bittorrent)

2012-06-24 Thread Norman Ramsey
Package: xdg-utils Version: 1.0.2+cvs20100307-2 Severity: normal Tags: patch xdg-open currently cannot handle magnet: links. It should probably be rewritten to recognize such links and call xdg-mime, as in $ xdg-mime query default application/x-bittorrent