Re: gnome_url_show proposal

[Mark McLoughlin <mark skynet ie>]

Hey,

On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 08:48, Rodney Dawes wrote:

> > So, what do people think? Should I proceed along these lines or not use
> > GnomeDesktopItem?
> 
> I would refrain from using GnomeDesktop for now. I see no need to parse
> desktop files inside of the gnome_url_show () stuff. Doing so has
> potential security issues that should be dealt with and discussed first.
> I don't see any need to change the current behavior of gnome_url_show,
> for the time being, really. It works well enough and very few apps
> support opening files from URIs anyway.

	Frank isn't using it to *parse* .desktop files. He's using it as as a
command execution utility ... I think mainly for the parameter
substitution code ...

	Maybe splitting that part of GnomeDesktopItem out on its own might be
sensible ...

Good Luck,
Mark.