Re: [Evolution] Evolution bug in Mailto for KDE

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

well... is Konqueror properly encoding the strings? is it using UTF-8
strings (it needs to be UTF-8)?

more valuable to us is the actual command-line that isn't working rather
than %s and %t which have absolutely no meaning to us whatsoever.

Jeff

On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 13:47, ryan crystaldawn net wrote:
> Yes I can get it to work from console also, but the same string coming 
> from KDE does not work. Gnome didnt work either. I installed the patches 
> for the security fix and the problem still exists. I guess if I had half a 
> brain I could probably look at the kde source myself and submit a patch. 
> But I dont have a clue as to where I would start in the code since I've 
> never even bothered to look at it. What I dont understand, is why it would 
> send %t just fine no matter where it is placed in the line, yet the other 
> variables will only work if they are the only thing in the line. Aniother 
> combination I have tried are as follows:
>
>  evolution mailto:'%t'?subject='%s'
>
> This sends the T variable data, subject is blank.
>
>  evolution mailto:'%t'?subject="%s"
>
> Sends T variable data, subject comes up as %s.
>
>  evolution "mailto:%t?subject=%s";
>
> This doesnt even open evolution. It just sits there and does nothing.
>
>  evolution "mailto:%t";
>
> Again, evo doesnt open.
>
>  evolution mailto:%t?subject='%s'
>
> sens T data, subject is blank.
>
>  evolution 'mailto:%t?subject=%s'
>
> Evo doesnt open.
>       
>  evolution 'mailto:'%t''?subject='%s''
>
> Evo doesnt open.
>
> I have tried many other variations as well. But still none have worked 
> yet. Atleast I can get it to work with %t but its still broken by the fact 
> that it cannot use any of the other 4 variables available. Whether its KDE 
> that's broke or evo, I dont really know. All I can do is pretty much show 
> tests of what does and does not work.
>
>
> > I just tried it with you test strings from a console. Works as expected
> > her. (Evo was running.)
> >
> > % evolution mailto:'here test com'?subject='Ebay test item'
> >
> > So Evo is handling that line correct. Seems like KDE does anything magic
> > or weired with the parameters or the command line while passing it...
> >
> >
> > Have you tried quoting all? Works too (from console).
> >
> > % evolution "mailto:here test com?subject=Ebay test item"
> >
> >
> > Did you try it from konsole instead of a link in Konqueror?
> >
> >
> > > As for the people I spoke about that had the problems, if you search the
> > > archives like a good little admin is suppose to do before yapping on a
> > > List, you'll find a lot of people who couldn't figure out that they had
> > > to add "mailto" to the command line. Those are who I spoke of. Some of
> > > them touched on the %s problem, but no one really answered it.
> >
> > Sorry again, I never saw that question upcoming...
> >
> >
> > > If going into Gnome doesn't work, I'll do the updates. I hadn't heard
> > > that there were some out yet and see if that fixes anything. I doubt it,
> > > but you never know. Stranger things have happened to me before.
> >
> > You can try updating, but I'm not sure, if it will fix your problem.
> > That update was for security reasons -- I don't know any details about
> > that.
> >
> >
> > I don't have KDE installed, so I can't test further than a console.
> > Hope, you get that solved...
> >
> > ...guenther
>
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