xdg-open not working for directories

[Raphael Groner]

Maybe your mime cache is broken. Does it work with a newly created user?

$ file --mime-type ~
/home/raphael: application/x-directory

What is set for x-directory/normal (it should also be empty if my
configuration is right here) and do you have installed another file
manager other than Thunar in parallel?

See also: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16206


> Hi Christoph,
> 
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Christoph Wickert
> <christoph.wickert at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Please set it to 'fedora-Thunar.desktop', because that's what the
> > file in /usr/share/applications is called.
> >
> 
> This does not work either. It still opens up in evince.
> 
> $ xdg-mime default 'fedora-Thunar.desktop' application/x-directory
> $ xdg-open lisp/
> 
> This tries to open the lisp directory in evince. I think something is
> seriously wrong with my setup. Not sure where I can look.
> 
> > Regards,
> > Christoph
> 
> 
> 
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