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Lord Illidan

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From: Malta

Registered: 2007-10-25

Posts: 248

Modify xdg-open to work better in gnome?

/usr/bin/xdg-open uses gnome-open to open files, if it determines that the user uses Gnome. However, as documented here : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/209714 , since the new Gnome uses gvfs-open, gnome-open is deprecated. I believe it would be a simple matter for Arch devs to modify xdg-utils to comply, all they have to do is change the code in /usr/bin/xdg-open

open_gnome()
{
    gnome-open "$1"

    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        exit_success
    else
        exit_failure_operation_failed
    fi
}

to

open_gnome()
{
    gvfs-open "$1"

    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        exit_success
    else
        exit_failure_operation_failed
    fi
}

Any thoughts on this?