[Pkg-lxde-maintainers] Bug#635655: pcmanfm: doesn't know how to open symbolic links

[Antonio Terceiro]

Package: pcmanfm
Version: 0.9.8-1
Severity: whishlist

pcmanfm does noes not know how to open symbolic links, even if it does
known how to open the file a symbolic link points to. So, when trying to
open a symbolic link, it would be nice if pcmanfm could resolve the link
(as in `readlink -f`) to known what is the file type, and use the the
appropriate handler for that file type to open the link.

This will probably require messing with libfm and/or gio2/gvfs, though.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (150, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=pt_BR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages pcmanfm depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.13-11    Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                     1.10.2-6   The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfm-gtk0                    0.1.14-2   file management support - GTK+ GUI
ii  libfm0                        0.1.14-2   file management support - core lib
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.28.6-1   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.24.5-3   GTK+ graphical user interface libr
ii  libpango1.0-0                 1.28.4-1   Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.4.3-2  X11 client-side library

Versions of packages pcmanfm recommends:
ii  gnome-icon-theme              3.0.0-4    GNOME Desktop icon theme
pn  gvfs-backends                 <none>     (no description available)
pn  gvfs-fuse                     <none>     (no description available)

pcmanfm suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

-- 
Antonio Terceiro <terceiro at softwarelivre.org>
http://softwarelivre.org/terceiro


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