Bug 18545 - WebKit with libsoup backend can handle only http: protocol
Summary: WebKit with libsoup backend can handle only http: protocol
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 18490
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebKitGTK (show other bugs)
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 Normal
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Reported: 2008-04-17 05:28 PDT by Luca Ferretti
Modified: 2008-04-17 12:56 PDT (History)
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Description Luca Ferretti 2008-04-17 05:28:14 PDT 
On my WebKitGtk build with libsoup backend, I'm unable to open local (i.e. on my hard disk or other storage media) HTML files in Epiphany, load gtk-docs in (patched) devhelp and load user docs in (patched) Yelp.

A bug against libsoup was opened[1] asking to add support to data: and file: protocols, but it was also closed as WONTFIX, suggesting to use gio/gvfs for any non http: stuff.

PS please note that gio/gvfs should also be useful to manage other protocols in browser links, such as mailto: and any other non-Web protocol used to open or start other applications.

PPS yes, maybe "Add GIO/GVFS support to WebKitGtk" was a better summary...

[1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=526755
Comment 1 Luca Ferretti 2008-04-17 12:56:17 PDT 
Sorry for this duplicate, the search page don't show unconfirmed bugs by default, so i didn't see previous report...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 18490 ***