[SOLVED] "xdg-open example.cpp" opens in browser insted of text editor

bruh-i-use-arch-cow · 2022-03-12 17:59:03

I expect xdg-open to open text files (like txt, c, cpp) in text editor, for example vscode,
but instead it opens them in firefox every time.

I set xdg-mime specifications and enviroment variables correctly (i think) so im lost at what else is there to do.

xdg-mime specifications:

xdg-mime  query default text/plain

vscodium.desktop

Environment variables:

echo $EDITOR $VISUAL

vscodium vscodium

Last edited by bruh-i-use-arch-cow (2022-03-12 19:16:05)

bruh-i-use-arch-cow · 2022-03-12 18:52:53

Turns out xdg-mime specifications was wrong.
The best way that i figured out how to set default applications (with command line) is:
1) Check Mime type for a file you want to change default application:

xdg-mime query file type example.txt

inode/x-empty

2) Change default application by file type:

mimelist.list:
[Default Applications]
inode/x-empty=vscodium.desktop

Trilby · 2022-03-12 18:58:49

Ah, what? Is that "example.txt" actually a text file, or did you just create it with `touch`? inode/x-empty is not the mime-type you'd want to use. If example.txt is an actually text file (and not really an empty inode just created by `touch`) then you should debug why xdg-mime query is giving an incorrect result.

bruh-i-use-arch-cow · 2022-03-12 19:15:24

Trilby wrote:

Ah, what? Is that "example.txt" actually a text file, or did you just create it with `touch`? inode/x-empty is not the mime-type you'd want to use. If example.txt is an actually text file (and not really an empty inode just created by `touch`) then you should debug why xdg-mime query is giving an incorrect result.

yes, I created example.txt using touch, and yes my xdg-mime is probably broken, but im too lazy to debug it since inode/x-empty approach works.
Better example would probably be with cpp files cause in this case xdg-mime gives me correct results:

xdg-mime query filetype code/minecraft/main.cpp

text/x-c

Trilby · 2022-03-12 20:37:47

bruh-i-use-arch-cow wrote:

but im too lazy to debug it since inode/x-empty approach works.

Except it will only work with empty files, not real code or text files which is the problem you laid out in the first post.

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#1 2022-03-12 17:59:03

[SOLVED] "xdg-open example.cpp" opens in browser insted of text editor

#2 2022-03-12 18:52:53

Re: [SOLVED] "xdg-open example.cpp" opens in browser insted of text editor

#3 2022-03-12 18:58:49

Re: [SOLVED] "xdg-open example.cpp" opens in browser insted of text editor

#4 2022-03-12 19:15:24

Re: [SOLVED] "xdg-open example.cpp" opens in browser insted of text editor

#5 2022-03-12 20:37:47

Re: [SOLVED] "xdg-open example.cpp" opens in browser insted of text editor

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