xdg-open with non-existent default application and memory usage

[Rex Dieter]

Ted To wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I recently had the experience where xdg-open was consuming all of my
> computer's ram.  The source of the problem was that a non-callable app
> was somehow defined as the default web browser.  (After tracing the root
> of the problem, I have changed the default.)  Using ps_mem.py, I found
> that xdg-open was consuming more than 4G of ram.  I would suggest that
> if xdg-open has problems launching the default application, it should
> eventually give up.
> 
> The version of xdg-utils installed on my computer is 1.1.0.git20140207-1
> from the Manjaro repositories.

What was the uncallable app?  Did it include a .desktop file?  If so, can 
you post its contents?

-- Rex