No one on earth has so far managed to get xdg default apps work on Linux. I've been failing since 19 years personally. If you've really succeded then congratulations!
> No one on earth has so far managed to get xdg default apps work on Linux.
I've only been using Linux for a few weeks but what am I missing here?
I set a bunch of mime types in `~/.config/mimeapps.list` which are assigned to desktop apps and they all open perfectly with `xdg-open` or when I launch them through a file manager.
For me currently, when trying to open a `text/markdown` file, there's a disassociation between what my file manager (Caja) runs (own bin/emacs script; was under the impression it was auto-creating a .desktop file), what mimeapps.list have (emacs.desktop), and what `xdg-open` runs (Firefox for some reason).
No one on earth has so far managed to get xdg default apps work on Linux. I've been failing since 19 years personally. If you've really succeded then congratulations!
> No one on earth has so far managed to get xdg default apps work on Linux.
I've only been using Linux for a few weeks but what am I missing here?
I set a bunch of mime types in `~/.config/mimeapps.list` which are assigned to desktop apps and they all open perfectly with `xdg-open` or when I launch them through a file manager.
It is documented in the XDG specification https://specifications.freedesktop.org/mime-apps/latest/file....
For me currently, when trying to open a `text/markdown` file, there's a disassociation between what my file manager (Caja) runs (own bin/emacs script; was under the impression it was auto-creating a .desktop file), what mimeapps.list have (emacs.desktop), and what `xdg-open` runs (Firefox for some reason).
Just by reading the title, I’m sold! This should be very useful specially if you are not using a desktop environment that manages the default apps.
I always alias open to xdg-open, it’s so useful to open a file directly from the terminal.
Feature suggestion: The ability to add/remove more specific mime entries such as video/mp4
Looks neat!