XDG, xdg-open, and view vs. edit

[Damjan Jovanovic]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Daniel Bo <daengbo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been lurking on this list for some time now and find it very
> interesting. XDG (and FD.o in general) is a great step forward for
> open desktops.
>
> That said, I wonder why the choice was to set a default application
> for opening when most file types have view and edit modes. Why are
> there not xdg-view and xdg-edit (or --edit and --view switches on
> xdg-open)?
>
> Apologies if this question seems idiotic, but I ask because it's been
> eating at me for some time.
>
> Daniel
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I think you're referring to the MIME run actions spec
(http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/mime-actions-spec)
which has been in the "requirements-gathering / early-planning" stages
(essentially dead) for years.

Damjan