[tor-bugs] #6724 [Vidalia]: Vidalia complains about bridge line starting with "bridge"

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#6724: Vidalia complains about bridge line starting with "bridge"
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 Reporter:  karsten      |          Owner:  chiiph         
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new            
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:                 
Component:  Vidalia      |        Version:  Vidalia: 0.2.20
 Keywords:               |         Parent:                 
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:                 
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Comment(by asn):

 Replying to [ticket:6724 karsten]:
 > When I fetch new bridges from bridges.tpo and copy-paste a line into
 Vidalia's Network tab (including the "bridge" part), I get the following
 error messages:
 >
 > {{{
 > Aug 29 08:37:14.573 [Warning] Error parsing Bridge address 'bridge'
 > Aug 29 08:37:14.574 [Warning] Controller gave us config lines that
 >   didn't validate: Bridge line did not parse. See logs for details.
 > }}}
 >
 > The obfsproxy TBB has the following error message for me:
 >
 > {{{
 > Aug 29 08:33:55.497 [Warning] We were supposed to connect to bridge
 >   '(scrubbed)' using pluggable transport 'bridge', but we can't find
 >   a pluggable transport proxy supporting 'bridge'. This can happen
 >   if you haven't provided a ClientTransportPlugin line, or if your
 >   pluggable transport proxy stopped running.
 > }}}
 >
 > Can we make Vidalia smarter by ignoring the "bridge" part in bridge
 lines?  We can probably get asn's promise to never call a pluggable
 transport "bridge". ;)

 I'm OK with this. I promise. Although maybe it would be better to spec
 this?

 However this would look quite stupid on the spec: maybe we should instead
 have Vidalia '''warn''' the user when the pluggable transport is called
 'bridge', saying that this is a common mistake and Vidalia expects the
 name of the PT or the bridge addrport as the first input to the text box?
 Or maybe we should have Vidalia document on the GUI what it expects to see
 in that text box?

 I also like your other idea about switching to a text area!

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