nautilus doesn't update xdg-open
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xdg-utils (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: nautilus
There is a related bug here: https:/
But this is not the same bug! That bug refers to gnome-open (which does the right thing since that bug was fixed), not xdg-open (which doesn't).
Steps:
1) Install okular
2) In nautilus right click a pdf file and set okular and as your preferred application under the open with tab
3) Open the file with xdg-open from the terminal
4) Evince will run instead of okular
Unfortunately, this means firefox tries to open PDFs with evince instead of okular (it seems to use xdg-open). I'm running a stock ubuntu install with gnome, except I've swapped out the xmonad window manager for metacity (I launch nm-applet, gnome-power-
that's an xdg-open bug not a GNOME one