411106 - leading tilde is not expanded to $HOME in file:// urls

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 93141

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[lvm]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071202 SeaMonkey/1.1.7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071202 SeaMonkey/1.1.7

when I try to open a file in my home directory referenced by a tilde (~/file.html) tilde is stripped from the path, seamonkey tries to open /file.html

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
prerequisites: ~/file.html must exist

1. type "file://~/file.html" in the address field and press enter

Actual Results:  
seamonkey displays an error message in the browser window

File Not Found
The file /file.html cannot be found. Please check the location and try again.



Expected Results:  
~/file.html ($HOME/file.html) should open