xmpp: URLs in Windows?

[Phil Smith III]

Well, ok, that’s kinda what I’d expected – I installed Pidgin so long ago that I’ve just let upgrades run without looking (since it’s one of the civilized installers that remembers the options!) and had forgotten it was there.

 

BUT it is set, and I just reinstalled to be sure. Looking in the Registry, I find:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmpp\shell\Open\command]

has value

"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Pidgin\\pidgin.exe --protocolhandler=%1"

 

But:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Pidgin\pidgin.exe --protocolhandler=xmpp:xxxxxxx at gmail.com

from a Run or Command prompt does nothing.

 

I’m starting to wonder about the --protocolhandler option. is it correct? And I’m using the Hangouts plugin; would it still be protocolhandler=xmpp:xxxxxxx at gmail.com? I notice that Pidgin doesn’t even start when I specify this option, which makes me think it rejected it entirely. --help doesn’t show --protocol. I’m on 2.13.0.

 

From: Eion Robb [mailto:eion at robbmob.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 5:14 PM
To: Phil Smith III <lists at akphs.com>
Cc: Pidgin Support List <support at pidgin.im>
Subject: Re: xmpp: URLs in Windows?

 

The windows installer .exe has an option to register handlers with XMPP, AIM and something else.

 

The manual way to do it used to be through:

Control Panel->Default Programs->Associate a file type or protocol with a program -> Choose default applications by protocol

but it looks like they've gotten rid of the option to manually add a protocol to the list now?

 

On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 at 06:30, Phil Smith III <lists at akphs.com <mailto:lists at akphs.com> > wrote:

pidgin at alexoren.com <mailto:pidgin at alexoren.com>  wrote, in part:
>> the second does nothing.

>Works for me, but does not unescape the message, so spaces are a problem.

Also does nothing from a Run prompt. So I'm back to the original question: how do I register Pidgin to respond to XMPP: URLs?  

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