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tomboy package

Tomboy link-clicking opens malformed URLs

Bug #90103 reported by Melissa Draper
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tomboy
Won't Fix
Wishlist
tomboy (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: tomboy

URLs in html tags in Tomboy do not linkify correctly, and when clicked, send the user to a malformed URL.

Step 1: Create a note

Step 2: Add a URL to the note, eg, <a href="http://link.com">link</a>

Step 3: Note the portion of the above string that is 'linkified', or blue with underline.

Step 4: Click on the URL in the note.

Step 5: Note the URL that the web browser has been directed to. For example, the above link will send the browser to: http://www.link.com">link</a

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Melissa Draper (melissa) wrote :

Forgot to mention. occurs in both 0.4.1 (edgy) and 0.6.0 (feisty)

VF (vfiend)
Changed in tomboy:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in tomboy:
status: Unknown → Unconfirmed
Revision history for this message
VF (vfiend) wrote :

Melissa, your input is needed upstream.

"Confirming, but I think this is kind of an edge case. As a user, can you
explain why you might tend to have HTML in your Tomboy notes?"

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Melissa Draper (melissa) wrote : Re: [Bug 90103] Re: Tomboy link-clicking opens malformed URLs

VF wrote:
> Melissa, your input is needed upstream.
>
> "Confirming, but I think this is kind of an edge case. As a user, can you
> explain why you might tend to have HTML in your Tomboy notes?"
>
 I sometimes use my notes to hold bits of markup whilst re-organising
websites I'm creating. Additionally, when I submit articles to ostg, it
needs to be html-ified, and I actually write my articles in a note. I
find tomboy is much much quicker for these purposes than a text editor.

While it's useful to click links to check they're correct, clicking the
links don't always happen intentionally, and often I end up with a
browser full of a dozen or more tabs of invalid urls.

Thanks.

--
Sincerely
Melissa Draper

http://www.meldraweb.com

Phone: 0404 595 395
(intl): +61 404 595 395

P.O Box 1412
Lavington, NSW 2641

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in tomboy:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)
Changed in tomboy:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Iain Lane (laney) wrote :

Hi,

I think this was fixed in 0.14.2. Please reopen if this is not the case, thanks.

Iain

Changed in tomboy (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Iain Lane (laney) wrote :

Actually I checked and it's not. I wonder what "Fix over-zealous URL matching." is then :O

Changed in tomboy (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Released → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in tomboy:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in tomboy:
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
Alemann Massho (armistice-con-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in tomboy (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
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