id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	blockedby	blocking	branch_state	votes
2118	Use xdg-open by default in mc.ext.in if present to open files, fallback on current scheme otherwise	zaytsev	slavazanko	"There've been a huge number of tickets requesting mc.ext.in modifications, some of which are not fixed yet:

#1452
#1686
#1721
#1800
#2103 
#2117

Some of these changes are conflicting and different users prefer different associations, so controversy is inevitable.

I suggest to change the current logic to a more versatile: if xdg-utils are present on the system ( http://portland.freedesktop.org/wiki/ , all modern Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu / Debian, Fedora, RHEL etc.) try to use xdg-open to open the file. Otherwise fallback on the traditional associations scheme.

xdg-open uses mime-type associations set by the user to start the appropriate application, therefore, one might use his desktop controls to centrally manage file associations at will."	enhancement	closed	major	4.8.4	mc-core	master	fixed		gotar@… ip1024@…			merged	committed-master