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[Carlos J Mazieri <carlos.mazieri@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there,

I am trying to call the Ubuntu Terminal Application using 
QDesktopServices::openUrl() in C++.

I tried URL as  "application:///ubuntu-terminal-app.desktop".
I did not get any error message, but I did not get the terminal application.

Also tried from QML: 
Qt.openUrlExternally("application:///ubuntu-terminal-app.desktop");
and it did not work either.


Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks,
Carlos


On 09/26/2013 10:07 AM, Loïc Minier wrote:
>          Hi there,
>
> we just got this bug:
>      https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-scope-click/+bug/1231393
>
> Unity 8 happens to use QUrl for parsing URLs and then opens them with
> QDesktopServices::openUrl().  QUrl will lowercase the hostname part of
> URLs and this can't be turned ooff.  The openUrl() use case is by
> design, so can't switch to e.g. QString or would need Unity 8 to map
> application:// to application:/// URLs (that would be ok though).
>
> Please, if you maintain a component generating or consuming
> application:// URLs, would you make sure the app name or .desktop file
> name remains mixed case through your component and/or that you pass it
> in the path part of the URL to other components?
>
>     Thanks!