Re: gnome-open doesn't honor default apps

[WONG Yu Yeung <spojwj gmail com>]

Hi,

On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 14:03 +0200, Olav Vitters wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 07:52:15PM +0800, Yu-Yeung Wong wrote:
> > I reckon this problem is inherited directly from gnome_url_show(),
> > which is what makes this problem annoying, because some gnome apps
> > apparently use gnome_url_show() to open files.
> > 
> > I'm using Debian if it matters.
> 
> What GNOME version? Seems the GIO show looks at something different than
> the gnome-vfs one. So gnome-open (gnome-vfs) is different. gvfs-open
> should do the right thing.
> Distributions should link gnome-open to gvfs-open.. there is a bugreport
> somewhere about this.
> 

Thanks for pointing this out!  I didn't notice there is gvfs-open and it
works like a charm.

However the problem with gnome_url_show() is still there.  For example,
the gnome run command dialogue doesn't work well, bahaving in the same
way as gnome-open.  The same goes with (for me) tracker-search-tool and
some other gnome apps also.

A quick google doesn't give any promising results, but i reckon it might
be possible to make gnomevfs behave better without patching every
software?

Thanks,
Matt