Is interoperability an official goal of ubuntu? Anybody know?
If yes, this should get fixed. Was reported 12 years ago.
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If someone is still interested in opening .url files, I created a simple debian
package that handle this.
It opens URL in the default browser using xdg-open.
https://gitlab.com/dm0/mswinurl-handler
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To manage
Am having this problem still in Linux Mint 15 with Cinnamon. Most of the
above links from 2009ff do not work anymore. Someone still has the perl
or python script to attach to this bug report, so user can fix this
issue themselves?
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Mine still exists: https://gist.github.com/endolith/77635
I no longer use Ubuntu, though, so I don't know if it still works.
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When is this likely to become available as an update?
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** Changed in: mime-support (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed = Triaged
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To manage
Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)/Linux Mint 13 (maya)
CInnamon desktop
Except for the conflicting entry in gnome-mime-data (*.url glob in
/usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml) It doesn't appear to have been
fixed.
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Works for me in Precise, but trough rundll32 (wine). Ayatana, mime-
support and shared-mime-info: is this fixed or not?
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
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I'm out of the office until 1st August.
On 11 May 2011, at 16:20, DavidGN 185...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote:
This bug is one of those baffling things: easy to fix, benefits the
project and encourages migration from Windows - but nothing is done
about it for years, while massive changes are
I'm out of the office until 1st August.
On 11 May 2011, at 13:12, Polemos 185...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote:
Tony Godshall:
I have fixed it before posting my previous message. Thank you for
pointing the obvious.
I haven't asked for a fix, I posted a message because I care for other
people
I'm out of the office until 1st August.
On 9 May 2011, at 09:23, Polemos 185...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote:
This is not only a bug (since the mime-type
type=application/x-mswinurl does exist but doesn't work) but also a
usability problem.
-Being able to handle the MS-url extension in ubuntu
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Assignee: (unassigned) = John Lea (johnlea)
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Status: New = Fix Committed
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Importance: Undecided = Low
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Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released
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Tony Godshall:
I have fixed it before posting my previous message. Thank you for
pointing the obvious.
I haven't asked for a fix, I posted a message because I care for other
people and (believe or not) for the project. The people need a patch. An
unasked patch. A click to download me update type
This bug is one of those baffling things: easy to fix, benefits the
project and encourages migration from Windows - but nothing is done
about it for years, while massive changes are implemented elsewhere in
the project.
No 'average' user is going to find this thread and apply the fix
themselves.
Needs a high-level decision. Is support .url shortcuts (from the MS
Windows world) something we want to do; and if so, are there any
security concerns.
** Also affects: ayatana-design
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Needs a high-level decision. Is support .url shortcuts (from the MS
Windows world) something we want to do; and if so, are there any
security concerns.
What I do for my users is have it run a little script that
This is not only a bug (since the mime-type
type=application/x-mswinurl does exist but doesn't work) but also a
usability problem.
-Being able to handle the MS-url extension in ubuntu is the same as
being able to handle MS-doc extension.-
Finding a workplace enviroment so much better than
Polemos: Status says fix committed- why hype it further? Test the
fix.
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I had not noticed this before, but after promoting and installing ubuntu in a
friend's computer, this has raised as a major issue.
This is one of those little annoyances that, while for most of us seems very
low priority, it stops people from switching to ubuntu.
By the way, the issue is still
Use save link 2.1 firefox addon and forget about this problem.
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Can you explain how this was fixed?
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I know this is not a online petition but I would like to have this
option available too and be able to open .url extensions on Ubuntu.
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is there any news on the matter is it possible that lucid 10.04 would
have this option avilable?
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Endolith wrote...
...
How do we change the global MIME data to make this association for all users?
I've tried to read through the documentation and can't find this.
...
I got it to work like so:
[start snippet from /etc/mailcap]
# - User Section Begins - #
application/x-mswinurl;
Maybe a MOTU.
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this is a two years old bug why no one has fixed it already???
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Because it has been fixed, just no one can be bothered to release the
fix.
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Importance: Undecided = Wishlist
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This has never affected me personally, but I have to say that as a
promoter of Ubuntu to Windows users, this could certainly cause issues!
Let's get this committed!
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There are several solutions already attached.
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Endolith wrote:
I added Bug #185165 to 100 paper cuts because it's an issue that affects
many people (anyone who has saved Favorites in Internet Explorer, for
instance), and because it should be easy to fix (just changing some MIME
files). Why do you think it's not appropriate for the
** Also affects: hundredpapercuts
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Thank you for bringing this bug to our attention. Unfortunately a paper
cut should be a small usability issue that affects many people and is
quick and easy to fix. I'm afraid this bug can't be addressed as part of
this project.
A paper cut is a minor usability annoyance that an average user
The association with Open With only configures it for your own user
profile, though, right?
How do we change the global MIME data to make this association for all
users? I've tried to read through the documentation and can't find
this.
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Status: Unknown
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@Endolith: Yeah I think so.
This bug was also reported to Mozilla:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=442930
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I can also confirm this in Ubuntu 9.04. Here is yet another workaround.
After compiling the attached code using gcc OpenUrlFile.c -o
OpenUrlFile.out , I associate it with these files by right clicking on
a *.url file with Properties-Open With-Add-Use a custom command. I
then browse to
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Endolith (whoever you are), don't CC: me on launchpad bugs. I'm grown up
enough to subscribe to the bugs I'm actually interested in.
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Here's a more robust script in Python. It handles multiple files,
prefers the [InternetShortcut] section over [DEFAULT] no matter where
they appear, and uses xdg-open to get the user's default browser.
** Attachment added: mswinurl_launcher.py
As for the MIME type, I think there are actually two types of files
here:
Files starting with [InternetShortcut] are type application/x-mswinurl ,
since they're used in an application (launcher) and non-standard MS
type.
Files that end in .url can be either the above or type text/x-uri. An
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/7149/
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This is a very simple thing to fix. Why hasn't it been fixed yet? It
just needs:
1. A launcher script for parsing .URL files
2. A MIME type for .URL files
3. A binding between the MIME type and the launcher script
All of these have already been done, they just need to be included in
Ubuntu.
This issue stopped me from migrating to Ubuntu for ~18 months (and I
still haven't for other reasons). I have hundreds, maybe thousands of
URLs scattered in project folders. There's no way I could migrate from
Windows without this functionality. I'm sure there are many others the
same.
It
Endolith, do you have a package in mind that fixes the issue? or is it
something that would go upstream into nautilus?
If you've got a package, we could get it through REVU and a MOTU to get
it into main. Once there getting it installed by default is easier.
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I don't know of any package, but as I understand it this is very simple
to fix for someone familiar with the MIME stuff; just a matter of
creating or modifying 2 or 3 text files in the system.
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There is already a MIME type for these files Internet shortcut
(application/x-mswinurl) registered in
/usr/share/mime/application/x-mswinurl.xml and
/usr/share/packages/freedesktop.org.xml
The latter contains the magic word search:
magic priority=50
match value=InternetShortcut
Then we need a script in /usr/bin (?) to parse the files and launch the
browser. A Perl script has already been provided on Ubuntu Forums
(attached), and a dash script could probably be written if Perl is not
included by default. This script should be changed to launch the
default browser
Oh, and the something.desktop needs to be created in
/usr/share/applications to launch the script
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I modified the script to use xdg-open to open the default browser
instead of always using firefox. Confirmed that it works in Gnome with
a .url file.
** Attachment added: fx-url.pl
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20389675/fx-url.pl
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I've been working on this too. It looks like a bit of a mess. We need to
fix two issues. One is the lack of x-mswinurl support, including loading
the url in a default browser (see script above)
And then we have the problem that the magic glob doesn't choose the
right mime type for mswinurl files.
** Also affects: mime-support (Ubuntu)
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I can confirm this bug - it is a long standing issue over several Ubuntu
releases. It is (in my opinion, as one migrating from windoze) a major
impediment to useability of ubuntu for those people switching operating
systems. It seems really daft that something as simple as clicking on
existing
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Sourcepackagename: None = gnome-mime-data
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