xdg-open does not decode URLs with non-latin symbols

[VL]

Binary package hint: xdg-utils

Attempt to open file:// URL with non-latin symbols in it leads
to failure, because no decoding happens for URL. The script
tests if file exists and gets false result, because it attempts to
find a name with stuff file this '%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B' in name.

Appropirate place in script is marked as 'TODO'.

For example this is what happens when i try to open local filename
with name in russian from my Qt program:

Attempt to open: QUrl( "file:///home/vl/.local/share/data/mentat/EGRP/data/01. Назначение ЭГРП/1. Назначение гидроприводов Л.А.pdf" )
xdg-open: file '/home/vl/.local/share/data/mentat/EGRP/data/01.%20%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%20%D0%AD%D0%93%D0%A0%D0%9F/1.%20%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%20%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%20%D0%9B.%D0%90.pdf' does not exist

The xdg fails to open file, although it exists:

$ file "/home/vl/.local/share/data/mentat/EGRP/data/01. Назначение ЭГРП/1. Назначение гидроприводов Л.А.pdf"
/home/vl/.local/share/data/mentat/EGRP/data/01. Назначение ЭГРП/1. Назначение гидроприводов Л.А.pdf: PDF document, version 1.4

The problem can be easily fixed with suggested patch - it decodes URL using sed, no perl/php is required.
The solution was obtained here: http://spielwiese.la-evento.com/xelasblog/archives/23-URL-decode-und-encode-in-der-Bash.html - thanks to unknown german man ;-)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

This is now fixed in the current version of xdg-open we have in natty:

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/commit/?id=25af23cb3edf9accde30a5aae36fd6579445bd99