Package: libgnome2-0 Version: 2.30.0-1 Severity: normal
The gnome-open man page shows that gnome-open can be used to start applications by passing the name of their .desktop file, but this doesn't work: sascha.si...@twin:~$ gnome-open /usr/share/applications/conkeror.desktop Error showing url: No application is registered as handling this file sascha.si...@twin:~$ Excerpt from man page: > Possible useless use of gnome-open > gnome-open /usr/share/applications/gedit.desktop This feature would have been useful to me as it avoids having to interpret the Exec key of the .desktop file (unquoting, parameter expansion, etc.). -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages libgnome2-0 depends on: ii gvfs 1.6.3-2 userspace virtual filesystem - ser ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-8 Open-source version of SGI's audio ii libbonobo2-0 2.24.3-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library ii libc6 2.11.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libesd0 0.2.41-7 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared ii libgconf2-4 2.28.1-4 GNOME configuration database syste ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.2-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgnome2-common 2.30.0-1 The GNOME library - common files ii libgnomevfs2-0 1:2.24.3-1 GNOME Virtual File System (runtime ii liborbit2 1:2.14.18-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB ii libpopt0 1.16-1 lib for parsing cmdline parameters libgnome2-0 recommends no packages. libgnome2-0 suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

