Public bug reported:
release: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
package version: 3.20.4-0ubuntu0.1
Expected behavior: gnome-calendar displays text/calendar file contents
OR doesn't report support for such files so that some other application
will be used.
Observed behavior: gnome-calendar registers itself as supporting
text/calendar files, but doesn't actually open them, at least not on
launch by an external program, such as any mailcap program or Nautilus.
>From Nautilus, gnome-calendar never opens. From mailcap applications,
gnome-calendar opens but just shows a calendar.
Additional details:
Found when using a mail client that uses mailcap to find programs to
open attachments. The /etc/mailcap file claims that, to open files of
type text/calendar (e.g. *.ics files), one should run 'gnome-calendar
%s' replacing %s with the filename:
text/calendar; gnome-calendar %s; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"
I found via tracing that this line comes from when the update-mime
program parses /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Calendar.desktop from
the gnome-calendar package, which includes the line
MimeType=text/calendar;
The actual behavior of running gnome-calendar in this way is that it
ignores the file argument and just shows a calendar and does not view
the file specified.
Relatedly, this desktop file also seems to result in Nautilus thinking
that gnome-calendar should open a .ics file, but when opening a file via
nautilus, I get an indicator showing that gnome-calendar is launching,
but no window opens and the indicator eventually times out.
** Affects: gnome-calendar (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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gnome-calendar desktop file claims text/calendar mime support, but
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