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Bug 537563 - gnome-open launches a text reader instead of web browser for reading local html files
gnome-open launches a text reader instead of web browser for reading local ht...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: libgnome
Classification: Deprecated
Component: general
unspecified
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: libgnome maintainer
libgnome maintainer
Depends on:
Blocks: 522483
 
 
Reported: 2008-06-10 11:48 UTC by Pacho Ramos
Modified: 2008-09-10 17:03 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24


Description Pacho Ramos 2008-06-10 11:48:31 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
This prevents use xdg-open instead of firefox in GIMP:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522483#c11

Steps to reproduce:
1. Download an html file to your home dir
2. Execute "gnome-open ~/file.html"

A text reader is launched instead of web browser

Thanks for fixing this

Steps to reproduce:


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Expected results:


Does this happen every time?


Other information:
Comment 1 Kjartan Maraas 2008-09-10 16:37:17 UTC 
Both gnome-open and xdg-open opens ~/index.html in firefox here. Closing as fixed.
Comment 2 Pacho Ramos 2008-09-10 17:03:38 UTC 
This is because gnome has two way of set app for opening html files:
1. From Prefered apps gnome-control-center capplet (this modifies a gconf string)
2. Simply right clicking on a html file and selecting other app for opening it

How is this being handled now? Are you sure it's fixed?

Thanks