[Pidgin] #10462: Custom URLs no longer function

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#10462: Custom URLs no longer function
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 Reporter:  jcmoore       |     Owner:  rekkanoryo
     Type:  defect        |    Status:  new       
Component:  unclassified  |   Version:  2.6.2     
 Keywords:  URI handler   |  
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 As of Pidgin 2.6.2, Pidgin seems to no longer pass URLs for certain
 protocols off to Windows for handling.  In older Pidgin versions (at least
 in 2.5.8), I was able to have a URI like myprotocol://some.cool.resource
 and Pidgin would pass this URL off to Windows for handling.  Since this
 URL protocol had been registered with Windows, the link opened in the
 specified program as per the instructions here: http://msdn.microsoft.com
 /en-us/library/aa767914%28VS.85%29.aspx .

 As of Pidgin 2.6.2, whenever I receive a message containing a link using a
 custom protocol, Pidgin recognizes the fact that the URI is a link as it
 formats it as an href (pointer turns to a hand when mouse is moved over
 link) but when I try to click on the link, the registered program does not
 open to handle the link.

 If I try to right click on the link I receive a context menu stating "No
 actions available".  This is contrast to what happens when I right click
 on an http:// style URL, I get a context menu with the options: "Open
 Link" and "Copy Link Location".

 Additionally, it appears that this is also non-functioning with xmpp:
 style URIs, last discussed here: http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/2326 .
 Was the URI handling code touched in 2.6.0 as indicated in this ticket?
 Could something have inadvertently changed to cause this behavior?

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