> > I also found that xdg-open does not take mimeinfo.cache files into > account, so applications that use xdg-open sometimes fail to properly open > programs associated with the url unless association is in mimeapps.list. >
If the standard is being followed, mimeapps.list is what xdg-open should be reading from since it determines which application is the default opener of each MIME type. mimeinfo.cache is only used as a shortcut to find all applications associated with a MIME type (without re-scanning every .desktop file); it should not be relied on to determine default applications. At least on Arch Linux, mimeinfo.cache is automatically rebuilt whenever desktop applications are added/removed. I would expect that other distributions work similarly.
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