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Author: andreengels

Description:
When I click the "edit this file using an external applocation" option on
http://test.leuksman.com, I get a text editor with some data about the image on
it. I don't think that's the intention... Extra data: Using Firefox 1.0.1 under
Windows XP; Firefox calls the text editor in this case "php_auto_file"

An example of what I got for one image:

[Process]
Type=Edit file
Engine=MediaWiki
Script=http://test.leuksman.com/index.php
Server=http://test.leuksman.com
Path=
Special namespace=Special

[File]
Extension=jpg
URL=http://test.leuksman.com/images/0/0e/Jolene_blalock_20.jpg


Version: 1.5.x
Severity: normal
OS: Windows XP
Platform: PC

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bz2077

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Have you followed the instructions in

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:External_editors

and

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/wikipedia/extensions/ee/INSTALL

to associate the MIME type "application/x-external-editor" with the Perl helper
application which launches the external editor and saves the data back to the
server?

  • Bug 2076 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

andreengels wrote:

No, I did not... I am wondering how I should have known where to find it.

Below the edit link, there should be the text "See the setup instructions for
more information", which points to the page on Meta.

andreengels wrote:

Hmmm... Somehow it was not clear to me at first glance that that line was
related to the previous one...

I think this is a usability bug.

Did a bit of UI cleanup to make this more clear in r43683