Bug#807854: additional information

[David Christensen]

I noted the problem when opening a *.txt file.


STFW Xfce stores file associations for a given user in:

     ~/.config/mimeapps.list


Mine contained two entries that seem to be the source of the bug:

     2015-12-13 13:23:42 dpchrist at i72600s ~/.config
     $ egrep -i '^\[|devede' mimeapps.list-20151212-225710-devede
     [Default Applications]
     text/plain=devede.desktop
     [Added Associations]
     text/plain=devede.desktop;


Removing them fixed the problem for *.txt files -- double-clicking on a 
*.txt file in Thunar opens the file in Mousepad.


But when I double-click on a *.devede file, it is also opened by Mousepad!


So, it appears that:

1.  Xfce thinks *.txt files are MIME type text/plain.

2.  Xfce thinks *.devede files are MIME type text/plain.

3.  Xfce uses MIME type for file association.


So, the root cause of the problem appears to be Xfce and the design of 
its file association feature (?).


David