[Pidgin] #3445: pidgin loads firefox with wrong url when domain name is internationalized

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#3445: pidgin loads firefox with wrong url when domain name is internationalized
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Reporter:  atodorov  |       Owner:  lschiere    
    Type:  defect    |      Status:  new         
Priority:  minor     |   Component:  unclassified
 Version:  2.0.2     |    Keywords:              
 Pending:  0         |  
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 Description of problem:
 When opening url to a website from pidgin, firefox fails to load the
 correct url
 when domain name contains non ascii characters.

 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
 pidgin-2.0.2-3.el5
 firefox-1.5.0.12-3.el5

 How reproducible:
 Always

 Steps to Reproduce:
 1. In pidgin send a message containing "http://www.сватбата.com/". This is
 domain name in cyrillic.
 2. The other person in the conversation receives the message and it is
 recognised as hyperlink. I can read the cyrillic text and click on the
 link.
 3. Firefox loads with url:
 http://www.%d1%81%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b1%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b0.com which
 looks like
 url encoded cyrillic string.
 4. The correct url is: http://www.xn--80aaacd3gjc.com/
 5. If written directly in Firefox address bar in cyrillic this domain name
 is
 translated correctly and page loads.

 Actual results:
 pidgin starts Firefox with url encoded cyrillic string. Firefox fails to
 load
 the page since it's not an IDN and it's not translated.

 Expected results:
 Firefox is started with correct parameter and translates the IDN to the
 actual
 value as it does when user types the address manually.

 Additional info:

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/3445>
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