I second that "open" should link to "xdg-open" at the first place. If /bin/open was not specified by POSIX to have a special meaning, this very generic command should be used to simplify a users life. To use "open" for /bin/openvt is less intuitive than "openvt". And to use "open" for just opening documents is much more intuitive. Have a look on the man page of /bin/openvt:
"openvt will find the first available VT, and run on it the given command with the given command options, standard input, output and error are directed to that terminal. The current search path ($PATH) is used to find the requested command. If no command is specified then the environment variable $SHELL is used. " Which average user will make use of that, or even understand that? For beginners and for advanced users a symlink to xdg-open could make life really easier and more intuitive. (Besides, it explains that "openvt" links to /bin/openvt.) Maybe "xdg-open" is relatively new to some long-standing linux administrators and using X applications is not common and thus, the primary usage of "open" to start "openvt" became more natural. However from a desktop user point of view the usage of "xdg-open" as primary usage of "open" will be more natural. About voting: Maybe this decission should be made by the design team. -- open should be an alias to xdg-open https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/619913 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
