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gscan2pdf package

gscan2pdf "Email as PDF" option does not work with Thunderbird

Bug #202709 reported by Taylor Braun-Jones
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gscan2pdf (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gscan2pdf

Steps to reproduce:

With Thunderbird selected as the preferred mail reader:

Scan a document wtih gscan2pdf
Choose File -> Email as PDF
A message composition window pops up but without any attachment

With Evolution set as the default mail client, the attachment shows up just fine.

As a minor side note, I do not think gscan2pdf should pre-populate the To address with "x@y"

Revision history for this message
Jeffrey Ratcliffe (jeffreyratcliffe) wrote :

This is a known problem, documented in the help, caused by xdg-email not supporting creating new emails with attachments in Thunderbird.

Changed in gscan2pdf:
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Jeffrey Ratcliffe (jeffreyratcliffe) wrote :

It looks as though the xdg-email bug is not going to be fixed, so I'll patch gscan2pdf to cover it.

Changed in gscan2pdf:
assignee: nobody → jeffreyratcliffe
status: Invalid → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Jeffrey Ratcliffe (jeffreyratcliffe) wrote :

Release candidate for gscan2pdf-0.9.21-1ubuntu2

Changed in gscan2pdf:
assignee: jeffreyratcliffe → nobody
status: In Progress → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

Thanks a lot Jeffrey, uploaded. Will sit in the freeze queue for a bit now.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gscan2pdf - 0.9.21-1ubuntu2

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gscan2pdf (0.9.21-1ubuntu2) hardy; urgency=low

  * Detect thunderbird mail client and attach PDF appropriately (LP: #202709)

 -- Jeffrey Ratcliffe <email address hidden> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:27:01 +0100

Changed in gscan2pdf:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Taylor Braun-Jones (nocnokneo) wrote :

Excellent! Thank you.

One minor detail: Remove note in help about Thunderbird not working (see patch)

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Jeffrey Ratcliffe (jeffreyratcliffe) wrote :

grrr. OK. Here's another debdiff to fix the docs.

Changed in gscan2pdf:
status: Fix Released → Confirmed
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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) wrote :

Already uploaded, will sit in the unapproved queue for a while.

Changed in gscan2pdf:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gscan2pdf - 0.9.21-1ubuntu3

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gscan2pdf (0.9.21-1ubuntu3) hardy; urgency=low

  * Removed note in documentation about Thunderbird not working (LP: #202709)

 -- Jeffrey Ratcliffe <email address hidden> Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:23:35 +0100

Changed in gscan2pdf:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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