Bug 47833 - xdg-open doesn't support magnet links
Summary: xdg-open doesn't support magnet links
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 47172
Alias: None
Product: Portland
Classification: Unclassified
Component: xdg-utils (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other All
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Assignee: Portland Bugs
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Reported: 2012-03-25 02:34 UTC by Pacho Ramos
Modified: 2012-03-25 07:22 UTC (History)
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Description Pacho Ramos 2012-03-25 02:34:53 UTC 
They should open a P2P client like, for example, deluge:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_URI_scheme

This has also be demanded in:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/932472

and there are ugly workarounds like:
http://www.void.gr/kargig/blog/2012/01/24/open-magnet-urls-with-xdg-open/

this is the reason why I think a proper fix should be implemented upstream

Thanks a lot
Comment 1 Rex Dieter 2012-03-25 07:06:48 UTC 
What version of xdg-utils are you using?
Comment 2 Rex Dieter 2012-03-25 07:08:30 UTC 
If not something recent from git, seems to be dup of bug #47172
Comment 3 Pacho Ramos 2012-03-25 07:22:56 UTC 
A snapshot from 20111003, just confirmed a newer one fixes this

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 47172 ***

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