This is a quite annoying bug for gnome-terminal users. I strongly suggest Ubuntu distro patches so that highlighting URLs works again. If this can't be done in time, we should have a release note with instructions on how users can fix it themselves.
** Also affects: vte via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730632 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1501250 Title: double clicking on a URL drops the protocol from the URL Status in Gnome Virtual Terminal Emulator: Unknown Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After upgrading to 15.10 beta from 15.04, when I double click on a URL, I lose most of the protocol, e.g. if I type 'http://www.ubuntu.com/' into a terminal and double click, what gets selected (and entered into the copy buffer) is '//www.ubuntu.com' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/vte/+bug/1501250/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
