Public bug reported: When you type "gnome-open mailto:[email protected]";, it is simply ignored (or just launches sylpheed without compose window, if sylpheed was not running).
When I click a "mailto:[email protected]"; link in a HTML page on Google Chrome, it activates xdg-open with the mailto: URL. xdg-open activates gnome-open (gvfs-open in some environments). My preferred mail client is set to Sylpheed and gnome-open activates sylpheed with the mailto: URL, but no "--compose" option is given. Let us see /usr/share/applications/sylpheed.desktop. There is an "Exec" entry key and its value is "sylpheed %u". When gnome-open is activated, it simply passes the given URL to sylpheed without "--compose" option. This is the problem. However, we cannot add "--compose" to the Exec key because it will open a compose window anytime. A simple workaround would be adding a wrapper command that adds "-- compose" option if a URL is given. ** Affects: sylpheed (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/912742 Title: "gnome-open mailto:[email protected]"; does not work with Sylpheed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sylpheed/+bug/912742/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
