[Pidgin] #12242: Clicking on a file URL produces an error message

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#12242: Clicking on a file URL produces an error message
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 Reporter:  paulb     |        Owner:  datallah       
     Type:  defect    |       Status:  new            
Milestone:            |    Component:  winpidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.7.2     |   Resolution:                 
 Keywords:  file url  |  
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Comment(by datallah):

 I believe that the format in the mozilla page posted above is actually
 incorrect (possibly intentionally).

 The format of the URI in paulb's example is actually correct (see
 [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2006/12/06/file-uris-in-windows.aspx
 this]).

 I guess there is an additional question about whether or not we should be
 even linkifying and opening links to local files that are received over
 the wire.  I'm not sure what the right thing to do about that is; it is an
 unintended side-effect of the way that the linkifying of the file transfer
 result works.

 I guess I don't think we should be reusing `file://` for that purpose if
 it causes other valid file URIs to be broken (as opposed to not linkified
 at all).

 I also think that we can just stop stripping `file://` from the URIs and
 the file transfer result links still will work fine.

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