Bug#681451: gvfs-bin: gvfs-open (via xdg-open) opens pdfs in wrong application

[Bill Wohler]

Looks like there is a remnant of OpenOffice:

    $ xdg-mime query default application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
    openoffice.org-calc.desktop

I also found this:

    $ grep -r gnumeric .local
    .local/share/applications/mimeapps.list:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet=openoffice.org-calc.desktop;gnumeric.desktop;libreoffice-calc.desktop;file-roller.desktop;

Compare the locations of the applications listed:

    $ locate openoffice.org-calc.desktop
    /usr/share/app-install/desktop/openoffice.org-calc.desktop
    $ locate gnumeric.desktop
    /usr/share/app-install/desktop/gnumeric.desktop
    /usr/share/applications/gnumeric.desktop
    /var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Applications-Office-gnumeric.desktop
    $ locate libreoffice-calc.desktop
    /usr/share/applications/libreoffice-calc.desktop

I think what is happening is that /usr/share/app-install/desktop is not
in the search path and /usr/share/applications is, so
gnumeric.desktop is being used in favor of openoffice.org-calc.desktop
since the former is found and the latter is not. The correct
application, libreoffice-calc.desktop, doesn't even get to play.

I removed the offensive line from
.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list and then ran:

    $ xdg-mime default libreoffice-calc.desktop application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Now, when I run xdg-open on a .xlsx file, I get libreoffice as desired.

At least in my case, it would seem that this is fallout from the
OpenOffice to LibreOffice conversion. Norbert, does this help you?

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