https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 21 Apr 2014 08:23:06 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1278/solving-xdg-open-special-uri-opening-problems/Hi Is there any clear (not dirty-hack style) way to make xdg-open open URIs like 'magnet:...' and so on? I've created workaround (see the patch), but maybe there is better way? Thank you <pre> --- /usr/bin/xdg-open.orig 2013-03-02 16:02:36.184184989 +0400 +++ /usr/bin/xdg-open 2013-03-02 16:51:53.878851407 +0400 @@ -384,7 +384,11 @@ open_generic_xdg_mime() { - filetype=`xdg-mime query filetype "$1" | sed "s/;.*//"` + if [ -z $not_file ]; then + filetype=`xdg-mime query filetype "$1" | sed "s/;.*//"` + else + filetype=x-scheme-handler/`echo "$1" | cut -d: -f 1` + fi default=`xdg-mime query default "$filetype"` if [ -n "$default" ] ; then xdg_user_dir="$XDG_DATA_HOME" @@ -444,6 +448,9 @@ exit_success fi fi + elif (echo "$1" | egrep -q '^[a-zA-Z+\.\-]+:'); then + not_file=1 + open_generic_xdg_mime "$1" fi OLDIFS="$IFS" </pre> UPDATE: Script for adding support for all your current x-scheme-handler types http:// pastebin.com/qkVbkrqq . Still looking for better solutionSat, 02 Mar 2013 13:03:43 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1278/solving-xdg-open-special-uri-opening-problems/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1278/solving-xdg-open-special-uri-opening-problems/?answer=3696#post-id-3696Just provide desktop files and a correct entry as follows: $ cat ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list [Default Applications] x-scheme-handler/magnet=add-torrent.desktop $ cat ~/.local/share/applications/add-torrent.desktop [Desktop Entry] Name=Add Torrent GenericName=Torrent Comment=Add a manget link to the Torrent Client Exec=script-to-add-torrent %U TryExec=script-to-add-torrent Terminal=false Type=Application MimeType=x-scheme-handler/magnetMon, 21 Apr 2014 08:23:06 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1278/solving-xdg-open-special-uri-opening-problems/?answer=3696#post-id-3696