Also confirm, but I tried kde-open and this also opened the .desktop file in my text editor.
This affects me because I'm trying to run an application from command line that is also in my Unity bar but from the command line, but for some reason it launches as a separate icon instead of putting an arrow next to the existing icon. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/378783 Title: xdg-open *.desktop opens text editor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/378783/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
