Ubuntu
kdebase package

konqueror web shortcuts are case sensitive

Bug #294699 reported by Klaus S. Madsen
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kdebase (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: konqueror

Using Kubuntu Hardy, I could use the konqueror web shortcut, and write both "gg: ubuntu", "GG: ubuntu" and "gG: ubuntu" in the location bar and get a google search for ubuntu.

However in Intrepid I get an error message that says:

protocol not supported
gg

if I write gG: ubuntu in the location bar.

So while the actual search for a match in the web shortcuts aren't case-insensitve, the error message uses the lowercase of the protocol. I suspect that this is caused by the switch from KDE3 to KDE4.

Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)
Changed in kdebase:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
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Niels Egberts (nielsegberts) wrote :

When I put "gg: ubuntu" into the adresbar it actually searches for "gg ubuntu" with ubuntu Jaunty. So I think this bug is now invalid at least for (K)ubuntu. Or do you still have problems with the latest version?

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Didier Raboud (odyx) wrote : Re: [Bug 294699] Re: konqueror web shortcuts are case sensitive

Le lundi 19 janvier 2009 22:31:34 Niels Egberts, vous avez écrit :
> When I put "gg: ubuntu" into the adresbar it actually searches for "gg
> ubuntu" with ubuntu Jaunty. So I think this bug is now invalid at least
> for (K)ubuntu. Or do you still have problems with the latest version?

Hi,

I don't use (K)Ubuntu any more and I can't test if the bug is still valid.

My understanding is that Ubuntu changed the default behaviour of the text
entered in the URL bar. I would not considered it as closed, because the point
of the bug report is "web shortcuts are case-insensitive" and what you are
pointing is that the default behaviour disables the web shortcuts.

Regards,

OdyX

--
Didier Raboud, proud Debian user.
CH-1802 Corseaux
<email address hidden>

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Klaus S. Madsen (ubuntu-hjernemadsen) wrote :

I can confirm that the bug is still present in Jaunty.

Just after upgrade, if I wrote gG: ubuntu in the location bar, it would search for "gG: ubuntu", which is not the desired result. The desired result is to search for "ubuntu" only.

After going to Settings -> Configure Konqueror -> Web Shortcuts, and changing the Default search engine to none, konqueror reverts to the previous behavior, of displaing protocol not supported, instead of searching for the entire string.

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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

Hi there!

Thanks for reporting this bug! Your bug seems to be a problem with the KDE program itself, and not with our KDE packages. But don't worry! This issue is being tracked by the KDE developers at: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169801
Once fixed in KDE, it will be included in Kubuntu once the KDE version the fix is in in reaches Kubuntu.

Thanks!

Changed in kdebase (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
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status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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importance: Unknown → Medium
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