--- /usr/bin/xdg-open	2010-06-18 00:20:30.000000000 -0500
+++ xdg-open	2010-09-29 04:48:25.000000000 -0500
@@ -332,6 +332,13 @@
     echo "$first"
 }
 
+last_word()
+{
+    read first rest
+    echo "$rest"
+}
+
+
 open_kde()
 {
     if kde-open -v 2>/dev/null 1>&2; then
@@ -394,8 +401,16 @@
             if [ -r "$file" ] ; then
                 command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | first_word`"
                 command_exec=`which $command 2>/dev/null`
+                arguments="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | last_word`"
+                arguments_exec="`echo $arguments | sed -e 's*%f*"'"$1"'"*g'`"
+
                 if [ -x "$command_exec" ] ; then
-                    $command_exec "$1"
+                    if echo $arguments | grep -iq '%f' ; then
+                        eval $command_exec $arguments_exec
+                    else
+                        eval $command_exec $arguments_exec "$1"
+                    fi
+                    
                     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                         exit_success
                     fi