xmpp: URLs in Windows?

[Eion Robb]

What was the full URI you were using?
Do you have any xmpp accounts set up in Pidgin, or is it still only set up
with a Hangouts account?

On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 02:50, Phil Smith III <lists at akphs.com> wrote:

> Ran with debugging:
>
> *(09:47:05) util: Processing message 'x at gmail.com <x at gmail.com>' for
> protocol 'xmpp' using delimiter ';'.*
>
> *(09:47:05) GLib: g_hash_table_lookup: assertion `hash_table != NULL'
> failed*
>
>
>
> (the *x at gmail.com <x at gmail.com>* was a Gmail ID of mine, and it was valid)
>
>
>
> *From:* Phil Smith III [mailto:lists at akphs.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 16, 2018 7:04 PM
> *To:* 'Eion Robb' <eion at robbmob.com>; 'Phil Smith III' <lists at akphs.com>
> *Cc:* 'Pidgin Support List' <support at pidgin.im>
> *Subject:* RE: xmpp: URLs in Windows?
>
>
>
> 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 <xmpp%3Axxxxxxx 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
> <http://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 <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> wrote:
>
> 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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