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Bug#189206: marked as done (mozplugger: please swallow only when actually embedding)

Your message dated Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:06:28 +0000
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has caused the Debian Bug report #189206,
regarding mozplugger: please swallow only when actually embedding
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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: mozplugger
Version: 1.1.2-3
Severity: wishlist
Tags: upstream

Since installing mozplugger, I have found that clicking on a link to a
PostScript file will embed an instance of gv in my Galeon window.
While this behavior is cute, I would rather get a standalone gv window
unless the file is actually supposed to be inside a web page (due to
EMBED, IMAGE, or the like); likewise for other types.  (In the case of
PostScript, I can simply edit my mozpluggerrc since embedded PS is
rare if not totally unheard of; the issue is more relevant for image/*
or video/*, which can legitimately appear both ways.)

Suggested ways to address this:

 * Drop swallow() from the config file for types nobody embeds in
   practice (basically just a workaround).

 * Per the subject, somehow detect whether the request is actually for
   an image or embedded object, and swallow only in that case.  (I
   don't know how feasible this is.)

 * As above, but fall back on the browser's existing mechanisms for
   specifying external programs (mailcaps, GNOME settings, etc.) in
   the non-embedded case, rather than monolithically duplicating their
   functionality.  ("monolithically" because there appears, judging
   from the man page, to be no way to override only part of a system
   mozillarc.)

 * Provide some way to let the user request unswallowing after the fact.

This is "wishlist" because it's easy enough to work around some
manifestations by adjusting the config file and I have no idea how
feasible a real fix would be; nevertheless, I would appreciate one.

Thanks.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux tux 2.4.20 #1 Tue Mar 25 21:04:15 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US

Versions of packages mozplugger depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.1-16   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  xlibs                         4.2.1-6    X Window System client libraries

-- no debconf information

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Version: 1.14.5-2+rm

Dear submitter,

as the package mozplugger has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports.  We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.

For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/987539

The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.

Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
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