zim does not use preferred application for web browser/email client

[Asif Youssuff]

Binary package hint: zim

zim does not use preferred application for web browser/email client

Steps to reproduce

1. Insert a link or email address into a zim document
2. Click the resulting link

What happens

3. zim prompts user to "Please enter a web browser" -- it defaults to firefox '%u'

Expected behavior

3. Link should open in the browser configured in Preferred Applications.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jun 15 17:49:06 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: zim 0.28-1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-9.10-generic
SourcePackage: zim
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-9-generic i686

[Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg)]

In the upcoming python port of zim (first beta available) the default will be xdg-open, which should detect the preferred application correctly.

[Michael Nagel (nailor)]

i think it fixed in lucid

[Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg)]

If Lucid has zim > 0.42 this is correct. On unix we call xdg-open by default, which should in turn do the right thing on Gnome, KDE and XFCE.

[Michael Nagel (nailor)]

lucid will have 0.43, see http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=zim
colin watson synced it