Xdg-open should use kde-open instead of kfmclient
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xdg-utils (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xdg-utils
In /usr/bin/xdg-open, open_kde attempts to use the kfmclient binary to open the provided URI. Kfmclient is according to Ubuntu package database (http://
Neither of these two packages is a natural requirement for basic xdg-open functionality under a KDE-environment. Currently, unless the user has Konqueror installed, xdg-open falls back to open_generic sidestepping any KDE-configs.
However, KDE does have a similar utility, kde-open, which does the same thing as xdg-open, and should be used instead of kfmclient.
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.