This is still a bug in December 2016. Tested in Gnome on 16.04.
Commercial programmes and Wine programmes install .desktop files. And they just end up opening gedit. I've noticed this bug for years but only reported it now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/378783 Title: xdg-open *.desktop opens text editor Status in gvfs: Expired Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: xdg-utils In order to reproduce it execute "xdg-open *.desktop" (choose any .desktop file, e.g. one from /usr/share/applications). Actually your favorite text editor will open the file. Expected result: It'll be executed. Because of this bug, desktop entries with the new "#!/usr/bin/env xdg- open" shebang feature were opened in the text editor when executed from command line. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gvfs/+bug/378783/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
