[Bug 220765] Re: xdg-open should use xdg-mime instead of run-mailcap when no DE detected

[Lei Zhang]

Indeed. As an example, run-mailcap doesn't know how to handle
directories. So on non-KDE/Gnome desktops, xdg-open /home fail.

The fix is simple - do what upstream xdg-open does. Rather than bailing
out when run-mailcap fails, fallback to sensible-browser. Attached are
*trivial* patches for Hardy and Jaunty/Karmic.

** Attachment added: "xdg-open.patch"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26990568/xdg-open.patch

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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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