xdg-email does not attach file with thunderbird

[Karl Maier]

Steps to reproduce:

$ touch /tmp/test
$ xdg-email --attach /tmp/test

Expected:
Thunderbird e-mail composition window opens _with_ attached file "test"

Actual:
composition window opens, but there is _no_ attached file

I am using xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu7 and thunderbird 1:24.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1 on Ubuntu 13.10.

[Felix Förster (heggly)]

The same on Ubuntu 14.04

Modification of /usr/bin/xdg-email as described in http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Simple_Scan does not work.

Versions used:
thunderbird 1:24.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu7

[Felix Förster (heggly)]

The desktop environment ist not recognized correctly (I use unity desktop)
I could solve this by modifiying xdg-email method detectDE()

1. sudo gedit /usr/bin/xdg-email
2. go to method detectDE() {
3. insert the follwing two lines before the if-statement
    DE=xfce
    return

this might not work for you desktop manager.
this has to be repeated in case the file is overwritten by apt-get

[Muelli (ubuntu-bugs-auftrags-killer)]

there might also be hints as to how to debug this issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simple-scan/+bug/515386

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.