133386 - URL: Support external protocol handlers via preferences

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Networking, defect)

Description

[Patrick C. Beard]

I propose a preference be added to Necko to allow specific protocols to be
handled externally. The preference would be of the form
"network.protocol-handler.external.scheme" which is boolean-valued. Patch to follow.

Comment 1

[Patrick C. Beard]

Attachment: Patch to nsIOService.cpp to consult prefs.

Comment 2

[Patrick C. Beard]

Comment on attachment 76106 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch to nsIOService.cpp to consult prefs.

r=gordon, sr=darin

Comment 3

[Patrick C. Beard]

Fix checked in to trunk.

Comment 4

[Patrick C. Beard]

Bug fixed.

Comment 5

[benc]

What's the way of testin this?

Comment 6

[Frankie]

Has the external handlers patch been added to the trunk? If so, where are there
instructions for using it? I cannot find it in the Preferences.

I would very much like to have mailto: and news: go to my dedicated apps.

Comment 7

[Steve Dagley]

The functionality is there but there is no UI to enable it so you'll have to
manually set the pref.  Details for mailto: can be found at:

<http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.0/faq/mail-news.html#3.3>

External dispatch for news: can be added the same way.

Comment 8

[benc]

What's the order of precedence? Can I override HTTP or HTTPS?

Is there a target group of feature for this over-ride? If so I'll let them test
it :)

Also, can someone whoe understands prefs syntax look at the issues I raised in
bug 163767?