Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xdg-utils
xdg-utils 1.0.1-2 on Ubuntu Gutsy
When no desktop environment is detected, xdg-open falls back to a
generic mechanism based on run-mailcap. This is rather limited as it
depends on file extensions. It would seem better to use file or
probably xdg-mime to choose how to open the file.
The mime type could be fetched with:
file --mime "$1"
and extracted from the output and prepended to the filename before
passing to run-mailcap.
However, it looks to me like a better option would be to use xdg-mime,
since xdg-mime query default "$1" will give you the default application
to open the file.
** Affects: xdg-utils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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xdg-open should use xdg-mime instead of run-mailcap when no DE detected
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220765
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