Bug 270966

Summary: encoded extended characters do not work in mailto URI
Product: [Applications] kmail Reporter: Christopher Yeleighton <giecrilj>
Component: composerAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version: 1.13.6   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In: kdepim 4.6

Description Christopher Yeleighton 2011-04-14 18:03:27 UTC
Version:           1.13.6 (using KDE 4.6.0) 
OS:                Linux

KMail converts extended characters encoded as UTF-8 in mailto URI to question marks.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
  1. { kioclient exec 'mailto:na%C3%AFve%20operator%20%3Cuser@example.com%3E'; }

Actual Results:  
  1. KMail creates a message to "na?ve operator" <user@example.com>

Expected Results:  
  1. Let KMail create a message to "naïve operator" <user@example.com>

OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop
Compiler: gcc
Comment 1 Christophe Marin 2011-04-30 15:59:14 UTC
Fixed in KMail2. The composer displays the expected name.
Comment 2 Christopher Yeleighton 2011-05-02 10:35:29 UTC
KMail2 is a separate product, so what happens in KMail2 is irrelevant.
Comment 3 Christophe Marin 2011-05-02 10:45:51 UTC
Re-close.
Comment 4 Christopher Yeleighton 2011-05-02 11:23:17 UTC
Closing as WONTFIX because it is not FIXED.
Comment 5 Christophe Marin 2011-05-02 11:37:14 UTC
Please refrain from changing this bug status.