GNU bug report logs - #25778
25.1; [PATCH] Drastically simplify xdg-open check

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Vasilij Schneidermann <v.schneidermann <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 18:18:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Merged with 18986

Found in version 25.1

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Vasilij Schneidermann <v.schneidermann <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 25778 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25778: 25.1; [PATCH] Drastically simplify xdg-open check
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 19:31:46 -0500

Vasilij Schneidermann wrote:

> If `gvfs-open` exhibits the same behavior,

It does. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652262
And https://debbugs.gnu.org/25234, as previously mentioned.

> maybe, but I still consider it upstream's fault

As you can see from that above report, they don't show any signs of
fixing it.

> if they have weird open behavior, not an area of Emacs to clumsily
> work around.

The people who implemented support for xdg-open in Emacs disagreed.
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