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Title: `xdg-open` handles IRC URIs incorrectly Status in “xdg-utils” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: xdg-utils I'm running two IRC clients, XChat and Empathy. When I run the command `xdg-open irc://chat.freenode.net/#gallery` nothing apparent happens in Empathy, and I get an error message in XChat: `Usage: URL <url>, opens a URL in your browser`. Ubuntu 10.04 xdg-utils 1.0.2-6.1ubuntu3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/631830/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

