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bug#39843: Can't open files through file managers in other DEs and WMs
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sirgazil |
Subject: |
bug#39843: Can't open files through file managers in other DEs and WMs |
Date: |
Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:29:14 -0500 |
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Zoho Mail |
I installed the Guix System several months ago and selected GNOME as the
Desktop Environment (DE). Recently, however, I decided to fallback to another
DE or Window Manager (WM) because of a memory issue in GNOME (see
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2020-02/msg00206.html). So far I
have installed XFCE, MATE and sway, but, in all of them I can't open most files
using their default file managers: Thunar (XFCE), Caja (MATE), Nautilus (sway
[not really a default]).
Performing the following operations to open files from file managers fail for
most file types (PNG, PDF, HTML, ODT, SVG, ...):
• Double clicking a file.
• Pressing Enter on a file.
• Right clicking a file and selecting the default app for that kind of file.
• Right clicking a file and selecting another application from a list of
suggested apps.
The only kind of file that opens correctly so far is MP3.
Doing the following from a terminal opens files correctly in the default
applications:
$ xdg-open path/to/file.png
$ xdg-open path/to/file.pdf
(Note that I never use xdg-utils directly to manipulate MIME types and default
apps associations. I leave that to GUIs provided by DEs.)
System Information:
MATE 1.22.0
XFCE 4.14.0
sway 1.2
guix 079ee3b
repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
branch: master
commit: 079ee3b5ea7e9e9bf34753df42957d280e8eabc5
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- bug#39843: Can't open files through file managers in other DEs and WMs,
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