Re: [Linphone-users] Add MimeType entry to desktop file (utilise Xdg)

[Genghis Khan]

This is a bug with Garcon and is also occurring with mailto: URI.
http://wiki.xfce.org/dev/garcon
http://git.xfce.org/xfce/garcon

[Xfce] Bug 10212 - Opens links in browser
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10212

Applications to be used with sip: index are:
Whisker Menu http://gottcode.org/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/
Application Finder http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-appfinder/start

On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 13:41:01 +0200
"Genghis Khan" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Sorry, I forgot to attache address@hidden
> 
> On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 11:39:31 +0200
> "Genghis Khan" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 23:49:02 -0700
> > John White <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Genghis Khan wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 15:22:12 -0700
> > > > John White <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> This worked well....Linphone now opens from the GUI. Must
> > > >> admit I had to give up on MenuLibre as it apparently requires
> > > >> slackware 14. Vector is working on that now.
> > > >>
> > > > Please ignore my proposal concerning to MenuLibre as it is
> > > > merely a Desktop Launcher editor and does not support editing
> > > > of Desktop Launchers of Link Types, as it seems, nor it support
> > > > editing of reordering menu categories.
> > > >
> > > >> As to the slow loading, that problem is solved (I took all the
> > > >> "friends" out of linphonerc. However, I now have to copy and
> > > >> paste contact info (phone numbers), so that's a bummer. I am
> > > >> looking at faster ways to do this.
> > > >>
> > > > Did you try to execute (double click) the Desktop Launcher I
> > > > attached?
> > > Yes, it worked fine far as I know. I can now launch linphone from 
> > > Applications>VoIP.
> > 
> > If you can, then I think this message of mine is unnecessary :-P
> > 
> > > > Would you like to use your system menu to manage your contacts?
> > > I think so. I have saved the old Friends list from linphonerc to a
> > > text file. I open that file, search for the name, copy the phone
> > > number, paste it into linphone and then dial the number. Most
> > > anything would be better than this.
> > 
> > Sure. Please follow the instructions below:
> > 
> > 1) Create a directory ~/.local/share/desktop-directories/
> > 2) Extract voip.directory to ~/.local/share/desktop-directories/
> > 3) Extract xfce-applications.menu to ~/.config/menus/
> > 4) Extract address@hidden to ~/.local/share/share/applications/
> > 5) Open Applications Menu of Xfce.
> > 
> > Have fun!
> > 
> > Xfce 4.10: Applications Menu launches a web browser instead - BUG!
> > 
> > * I have attached a patch so you can examine differences between my
> > * system menu (xfce-applications.menu.origin) file to the one I have
> > * edited (xfce-applications.menu).
> > 
> > > > Which Desktop Environment are you using?
> > > xfce4
> > 
> > Yay! I use Xfce, too.
> > 
> > > >
> > > >> As to the problem with "enable self view" I can't tell if that
> > > >> is fixed or not (I doubt it) as I no longer have any video
> > > >> codecs in preferences. They are apparently in linphonerc, but
> > > >> don't show in the gui window. I probably don't know how to
> > > >> pass VIDEO=yes to the build script. Here is what I do:
> > > >>
> > > >> # ./linphone.SlackBuild VIDEO=yes
> > > >>
> > > >> I then use installpkg to install the SBO file. Linphone runs
> > > >> when I do this but does the Video Input Device is greyed out
> > > >> and no video codecs show in Preferences.
> > > >>
> > > >> You have already done more than enough. Still, any thoughts you
> > > >> have about any of this, are most appreciated.
> > > >>
> > > >> Genghis Khan wrote:
> > > >>>>> I suggest to import most of your contacts that are not being
> > > >>>>> used
> > > >>>>>>> often into an external contact management program that
> > > >>>>>>> would display contacts in click-able hyperlinks and then
> > > >>>>>>> use the solution I have proposed.
> > > >>>>> I think this a good idea and will try to find such a
> > > >>>>> program.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>> Please let me know when you do. I tried to use the address
> > > >>> book of Claws Mail and I have failed to make a click-able
> > > >>> sip: URI.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> In the meantime I think I have a very strange solution which
> > > >>> you might like.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Using the Start Menu Application launcher (of
> > > >>> freeDesktop.org). More information
> > > >>> athttp://wiki.xfce.org/howto/customize-menu
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Add a category called VoIP and then extract the attached
> > > >>> desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications/
> > > >>>
> > > >>> This is the content of the attached file:
> > > >>> [Desktop Entry]
> > > >>> Encoding=UTF-8
> > > >>> Name=iptel Early Music
> > > >>> GenericName=Test Music VoIP Bot
> > > >>> Comment=Call to iptel Early Music
> > > >>> Type=Link
> > > >>> URL=sip:address@hidden
> > > >>> Icon=sip-bookmark
> > > >>> Categories=VoIP;
> > > >>>
> > > >>> You might want to do some of the above actions using
> > > >>> MenuLibre. http://www.smdavis.us/projects/menulibre
> > > >>> https://launchpad.net/menulibre
> > > >>>
> > > >
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 


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