First xdg-utils beta release

[Richard Moore]

On 6/25/06, Thiago Macieira <thiago at kde.org> wrote:
> Richard Moore wrote:
> >xdg-open:
> >
> >It should be possible for an application to explicity state if it
> >thinks it is passing a file or a url.
>
> I didn't understand this one. What's the difference? And why would an
> application only "think" instead of "being sure"?

Ok, I obviously wasn't clear. Since this tool can be passed either a
file or a url, I'm suggesting that it should allow the person calling
it to say which they are passing it. This allows it to avoid any
potential edge cases in the autodetection.

Rich.