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Bug 328317 - Link Launchers don't work for local paths
Link Launchers don't work for local paths
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: panel
2.10.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-01-23 18:06 UTC by John Spray
Modified: 2006-03-25 11:29 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.9/2.10



Description John Spray 2006-01-23 18:06:49 UTC
Please describe the problem:
Launchers whose Type is set to Link do not launch local paths like "/home/foo".
 They need "file:///home/foo".

However, when one clicks "Browse" and selects a file, the local filename is put
into the URL box without the file:// prefix.  Then, if the launcher is clicked,
the error "The specified location is invalid" is given.

Note that nautilus doesn't have this problem - it considers the URL without the
file:// to be valid and launches the local location correctly.

So:
 - The browse button should set the URL string correctly, including the file://
prefix
 - When it doesn't have a :// prefix, the launching code should assume it's
seeing a local path and act accordingly.

Steps to reproduce:


Actual results:


Expected results:


Does this happen every time?


Other information:
Comment 1 Vincent Untz 2006-03-25 11:29:48 UTC
Fixed in HEAD.