GNU bug report logs - #56013
28.1; "gio open" and "xdg-open" fail silently under eshell

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jeff Kowalski <jeff.kowalski <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 06:27:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 75304

Found in versions 28.1, 29.4

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Message #41 received at 56013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Jeff Kowalski <jeff.kowalski <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
 56013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56013: 28.1; "gio open" and "xdg-open" fail silently under
 eshell
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:09:08 +0200

On Okt 02 2024, Jeff Kowalski wrote:

> Recall we're still trying to get the "xdg-open file.txt" case to work
> correctly.

This is not possible as long as eshell creates a new session for each
command and closes it immediately after the command exits.  You can
observe the same effect if you run "xterm -e 'xdg-open file.txt'".

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