Evince uses g_app_info_launch_uris in order to spawn new instances for multiple arguments. g_app_info_launch_uris does not seem to be passing the right URIs to the application.

How reproducible:

#include <gio/gdesktopappinfo.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  GAppInfo *app;
  GList uri_list;
  GFile *file;
  gboolean res;
  GError *error = NULL;

  app = g_app_info_create_from_commandline ("/usr/bin/evince",
                                            NULL, 0, &error);


  uri_list.data = (gchar*) argv[1];
  uri_list.prev = uri_list.next = NULL;

  res = g_app_info_launch_uris (app, &uri_list, NULL, &error);

  g_object_unref (app);

  return res;
}

g_app_info_launch_uris is returning TRUE for arguments such as http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/664229.pdf, although it does not really launch anything.

It works fine for local uris such as file:///home/fborges/664229.pdf