ubunt 15.04 still problems with kate & fish

[Colin Law]

On 4 August 2015 at 06:17, robert rottermann <robert at redcor.ch> wrote:
> ,Thanks Colin
> On 03.08.2015 21:52, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> On 3 August 2015 at 20:33, robert rottermann <robert at redcor.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>>   Hi there,
>>>
>>> some month ago I got help regarding the fact that the kate editor does
>>> not
>>> really support the fish protocol from its file open dialog.
>>>
>>> the following does not work:
>>> when I try to open a remote file from kates open dialog:
>>>
>>> File name:fish://root@urgestein/etc/hosts
>>>
>>>
>>> i get a error box with the following error message:
>>>
>>>
>>> hosts
>>>
>>>
>>> File not found.
>>>
>>> Please verify the correct file name was given.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> however, if I load the same file from the command line:
>>> robert at lappi:~$ kate fish://root@urgestein/etc/hosts
>>>
>>> the file is loaded as expected.
>>>
>>>
>>> now I would like to file a ticket, hoping that this probably minor
>>> "defect"
>>> is fixed for the upcoming 15.1 release.
>>> But I do knot know where I can file such a ticket.
>>
>> Assuming you are using Kubuntu then this should explain how to do it
>
> sorry, I forgot to mention that I am running unity

In that case just use, in a terminal
ubuntu-bug kate

>>
>> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/Bugs/Reporting
>
> So I need kate's bug list.
>>
>>
>> If you run kate from the command line (with no file opening) and then
>> attempt the open it via Open does it work, and if not is there
>> anything useful in the console?
>
> no there are no messages.
> one interesting fact tough (whether I start from the command line or
> desktop):
> The open button gets deactivated as soon as I start to enter the fish://
> part of the url

Include that in the bug report.

Can you open files in other apps using fish (libreoffice for example).
If not then it is not a kate specific problem.

Colin

> robert
>
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