[Panel Plugin] Application Menu ignores Xdg

[Genghis Khan]

On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 09:28:37 -0400
Graeme Gott <graeme at gottcode.org> wrote:

> On 07/01/2013 09:08 AM, Genghis Khan wrote:
> > On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 08:21:25 -0400
> > Graeme Gott <graeme at gottcode.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> On 07/01/2013 07:28 AM, Genghis Khan wrote:
> >>> Dear Xfce users,
> >>>
> >>> I was wondering if the Application Menu panel plugin is compliant
> >>> with Xdg or is this menu opening any desktop launcher of Link
> >>> type, of any protocol, in a default exo web browser?
> >>>
> >>> An example of desktop launcher of Link type is attached.
> >>> If I open it with Thunar 1.4.0 > SIP Client is launched. (good)
> >>> If I open it with Application Menu > Web Browser is launched.
> >>> (bad)
> >>
> >> It looks to me like an oversight in garcon (the library used by the
> >> Application Menu panel plugin). Thunar just calls "exo-open" with
> >> the URL of the desktop file, but garcon calls "exo-open --launch
> >> WebBrowser" instead.
> > 
> > Thank you for your respond. Do you confirm this bug?
> > 
> > I just checked this desktop file with Whisker Menu and
> > xfce4-appfinder and they also launch a web browser like Application
> > Menu does.
> > 
> > Whisker Menu and xfce4-appfinder would make good contact managers
> > for mailto: and sip: URIs.
> 
> I don't have any launchers that are of type Link so I can't confirm it
> myself, but it would explain the results you are seeing. Whisker Menu,
> the Application Finder, and the Applications Menu all use garcon, so
> they would all suffer from the same issue.
> 

I have attached a launcher called "Xfce Mailing List", it should be
available under "Other" category. Problem remains, Midori is being
launched instead of Claws-Mail. Please confirm.

Extract this launcher to ~/.local/share/applications/

Contents:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Xfce Mailing List
Comment=Xfce general discussion list
Type=Link
URL=mailto:xfce at xfce.org
Icon=xfce4_xicon1
Categories=X-VoIP;

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