Bug#369692: epiphany-browser: Paste-to-tab functionality

[Erich Schubert]

Package: epiphany-browser
Version: 2.14.1-3
Severity: wishlist

I'm considering switching from galeon to epiphany...
The feature I'm currently missing most is the ability to paste a URL
into a tab directly.

With galeon, I can middle-click-paste the URL to the new-tab button to
get a new tab, or onto an existing tab.
With firefox I think I can paste onto any place in the current frame to
replace it with the new URL (I don't like this behaviour as much though)

At least the paste-onto-new-tab-toolbar-icon behaviour should be added
IMHO. It won't break anything, middle clicking on toolbar icons is
completely unused afaict.

That should be added for smart bookmarks, too. Currently if you
middle-click on a smart bookmark, it will just open the non-smart URL in
a new tab. IMHO it should use the pastebuffer contents for searching.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16.18
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 at euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 at euro (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages epiphany-browser depends on:
ii  dbus                       0.61-5        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gconf2                     2.14.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-icon-theme           2.14.2-1      GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  iso-codes                  0.51-1        ISO language, territory, currency 
ii  libart-2.0-2               2.3.17-1      Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.11.4-2      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0              0.2.6-6       Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libavahi-client3           0.6.10-1      Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3           0.6.10-1      Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-glib1             0.6.10-1      Avahi glib integration library
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.14.0-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0             2.14.0-2      The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                      2.3.6-11      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                  1.0.4-2       The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-2                0.61-5        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2           0.61-5        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libesd-alsa0 [libesd0]     0.2.36-3      Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) - 
ii  libfontconfig1             2.3.2-5.1     generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6               2.2.1-2       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgcc1                    1:4.1.0-4     GCC support library
ii  libgconf2-4                2.14.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11                1.2.2-1       LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0                1:2.5.1-2     library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.10.3-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2         2.14.1.1-1    Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-keyring0          0.4.9-1       GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0                2.14.1-2      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0          2.14.0-2      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeprint2.2-0         2.12.1-3      The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii  libgnomeprintui2.2-0       2.12.1-3      GNOME 2.2 print architecture User 
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.14.1-1      The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0             2.14.1-2      GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgnutls13                1.3.5-1.1     the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgpg-error0              1.2-1         library for common error values an
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.8.17-2      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                    1:1.0.0-3     X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                  6b-13         The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libmozjs0d                 1.8.0.1-11    The Mozilla SpiderMonkey JavaScrip
ii  libnspr4-0d                1.8.0.1-11    NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.0-1    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.12.1-3      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0                 1.2.8rel-5.1  PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0                   1.7-5         lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                     1:1.0.0-4     X11 Session Management library
ii  libstartup-notification0   0.8-1         library for program launch feedbac
ii  libstdc++6                 4.1.0-4       The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtasn1-2                 1:0.2.17-2    Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.0.0-6     X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1                1.1.5.2-5     X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                   1:1.0.0-4     X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3                 1:3.0.1.2-4   X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                     1:1.0.0-5     X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1               1:1.0.1-4     X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                    2.6.24.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2                 2:1.1.0.2-4   X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                1:0.9.0.2-4   X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxslt1.1                 1.1.16-2      XSLT processing library - runtime 
ii  libxul0d                   1.8.0.1-11    Gecko engine library
ii  python2.3                  2.3.5-9.1     An interactive high-level object-o
ii  zlib1g                     1:1.2.3-11    compression library - runtime

Versions of packages epiphany-browser recommends:
ii  epiphany-extensions           2.14.1-1   Extensions for Epiphany web browse
ii  yelp                          2.14.2-1   Help browser for GNOME 2

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