exo-file-manager causes files to be opened in nautilus instead of the preferred application (with exo-utils installed)

[Daniel Hahler]

When exo-utils is installed, xdg-open (via gvfs-open) will open nautilus instead of the preferred application, e.g for "xdg-open index.html", nautilus will open and highlight the index.html file.

I could track it down to the 'exo-utils' package, where I probably have used exo-preferred-applications from once. In ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list there is the following entry, which appears to cause it, if exo-file-manager is installed:

    mimeapps.list:x-scheme-handler/file=exo-file-manager.desktop

mimeapps.list might have survived a few upgrades already.

The bug appears to be that exo-file-manager should not use nautilus, but the preferred application.

There are several related issues reported in the web, e.g.:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/53225/files-lens-and-xdg-open-only-open-nautilus-but-not-the-correct-applicatiion

It might be related to this commit (increase exo module priority):
http://<email address hidden>/msg12105.html

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: exo-utils (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Thu May 29 12:21:43 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-28 (730 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
SourcePackage: exo
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-01 (27 days ago)