Public bug reported:
Xiphos does not register itself as handler for sword:// URIs
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble)
Package: xiphos
Version: 4.2.1+dfsg1-8build3
Xiphos itself can successfully open a SWORD URI when invoked directly,
for example:
```text id="89u5a1"
xiphos 'sword://Luther2017/John 3:16'
```
This works correctly.
However, `/usr/share/applications/xiphos.desktop` does not register
Xiphos as a handler for the `sword:` URI scheme.
Relevant entries in the installed desktop file are:
```text id="qj8mq5"
Name=Xiphos Bible Guide
Exec=xiphos
TryExec=xiphos
```
There is no:
```text id="x94j1w"
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/sword;
```
`gio` therefore reports:
```text id="jrh11k"
Default application for “x-scheme-handler/sword”: xiphos.desktop
No registered applications
No recommended applications
```
This causes applications which use `sword://` links, for example
GLosung, to report that no suitable application for opening SWORD links
is installed, although Xiphos is installed and can handle the URI when
called directly.
A local workaround is to create a user-specific copy of `xiphos.desktop`
containing:
```text id="h2w8mg"
Exec=xiphos %u
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/sword;
```
and then run:
```text id="rbp0vo"
update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications
xdg-mime default xiphos.desktop x-scheme-handler/sword
```
After this, SWORD links can be passed to Xiphos correctly.
Please consider adding the appropriate SWORD URI scheme registration to
the Xiphos desktop file/package.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: xiphos 4.2.1+dfsg1-8build3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-139.139-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-139-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.3-0ubuntu0.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Sep 12 23:25:31 2026
ProcEnviron:
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm-256color
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: xiphos
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: xiphos (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble wayland-session
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