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Bug 552071 - Evince unable to open external links from pdf files
Evince unable to open external links from pdf files
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: evince
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.22.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Evince Maintainers
Evince Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-09-13 05:21 UTC by lists
Modified: 2008-09-13 10:59 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.21/2.22


Description lists 2008-09-13 05:21:37 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
From https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/223768

Binary package hint: evince

First reporter was using Xubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron with all the updates installed.  I have tested on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron.

Evince Document Viewer 2.22.1.1 is unable to open external links.

When clicking on the link in a .pdf file the warning appears:
"Unable to open external link. Operation not supported."

To reproduce this bug download "Full Circle Magazine" (issue 12 - April 2008) from Distrowatch.com and try to open any link from the .pdf file.  Otherwise, follow the above link and test the PDFs in that bug report



Steps to reproduce:
1. Open a PDF  with a hyperlink
2. Click the hyperlink
3. Operation fails


Actual results:
An error message appears: "Unable to open external link. Operation not supported."

Expected results:
For it to open the hyperlink in Firefox, or whichever other application is registered to that MIME-type

Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:
Comment 1 Carlos Garcia Campos 2008-09-13 10:59:17 UTC 
It should be fixed in svn trunk now. Thanks for reporting.