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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Patch: add new KIO::Error code and rich text error dialog
From:       Tim Lee <tlee () tc ! fluke ! com>
Date:       2002-01-18 22:41:13
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On Friday 18 January 2002 09:59 am, David Faure wrote:
> On Friday 18 January 2002 17:36, Tim Lee wrote:
> > Further there is a real problem currently with implementing what I
> > wanted.  In KDE 3.0 some ioslave errors get shown in the browser
> > instead of in a dialog, note I don't see this in KDE 2.2.2.  The rich
> > text with added "exec:" links that
> > I was using then no longer work because the error is just shown
> > in standard html which does not understand the "exec:".  Here is
> > the text of what I reported yesterday but no one has responded
> > to.
>
> Err, I have responded to it already.
> Anyway, about exec:/ : did you try with a simple file:/ link to the
> executable? Given that the generated HTML page is local, execution of
> programs is allowed (a confirmation message box should appear though,
> before allowing to launch the program). I think this should solve your
> problem, no ?

I tried with something like the following:

	file:/kcmshell useragent

Which doesn't work because the args don't get passed but maybe there
is a way to get the arguments passed?

This works:

	file:/kcontrol

However, it pops up two dialog boxes that user must click okay on
as follows:

First:
	The link file:/opt/kde3/bin/kco...em.
	Do you want to follow the link?

Second:
	Do you really want to execute 'file:/opt/kde3/bin/kcontrol ?

The first one has the elipses (...) in it which makes it somewhat useless
but maybe that is a known issue or something.	

I don't think the user should get any dialogs if it is an error page with
a link to something to help them, but I can understand the security
concerns, and maybe we can't get around it.

Regards,
Tim Lee
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