Add support for opening bitcoin: URIs directly.

4 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/debian/bitcoin-qt.desktop b/contrib/debian/bitcoin-qt.desktop
index d65cc35a3b..ea5a6e4ac4 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/bitcoin-qt.desktop
+++ b/contrib/debian/bitcoin-qt.desktop
@@ -6,6 +6,5 @@ Exec=/usr/bin/bitcoin-qt
 Terminal=false
 Type=Application
 Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/bitcoin80.xpm
-#For when bitcoin (finally) properly handles bitcoin: URLs
-#MimeType=x-scheme-handler/bitcoin;
+MimeType=x-scheme-handler/bitcoin;
 Categories=Office;
diff --git a/contrib/debian/bitcoin-qt.install b/contrib/debian/bitcoin-qt.install
index 7ddc8c1d8f..6a566f515a 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/bitcoin-qt.install
+++ b/contrib/debian/bitcoin-qt.install
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ bitcoin-qt usr/lib/bitcoin
 share/pixmaps/bitcoin32.xpm usr/share/pixmaps
 share/pixmaps/bitcoin80.xpm usr/share/pixmaps
 debian/bitcoin-qt.desktop usr/share/applications
+debian/bitcoin-qt.protocol usr/share/kde4/services/
diff --git a/contrib/debian/bitcoin-qt.protocol b/contrib/debian/bitcoin-qt.protocol
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..014588d536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/debian/bitcoin-qt.protocol
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Protocol]
+exec=bitcoin-qt '%u'
+protocol=bitcoin
+input=none
+output=none
+helper=true
+listing=
+reading=false
+writing=false
+makedir=false
+deleting=false
diff --git a/contrib/debian/changelog b/contrib/debian/changelog
index b7992f729f..44aa683629 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/changelog
+++ b/contrib/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+bitcoin (0.5.1-natty1) natty; urgency=low
+
+  * Add GNOME/KDE support for bitcoin-qt's bitcoin: URI support.
+    Thanks to luke-jr for the KDE .protocol file.
+
+ -- Matt Corallo <matt@bluematt.me>  Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:25:00 -0500
+
 bitcoin (0.5.1-natty0) natty; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release.