Click to open path opens the web browser

ebbertd · 05-07-2022, 04:52 AM

Dear all,

I'm running Calibre 5.37 on Linux (NixOS unstable).

Sometimes I want to quickly access the book files directly. For this purpose the function of right click -> open containing folder of a book exists. However, in my case this then opens the path in the web browser and not in the file manager. This is not the expected behaviour for me, I would expect the path to be opened in the file manager.

The file manager is configured in the xdg defaults for inode/directory and other programs, e.g. VSCode work correctly when using the function to open the containing folder.

Do any of you also have this issue, and if so, did you find a solution?

Thank you in advance,
Daniel

kovidgoyal · 05-08-2022, 01:52 AM

to open a folder calibre calls Qt desktop services, which in turn on linux typically delegate to xdg-open. If it isnt working for you something in the chain is broken. nixos messes a fair bit with upstream packages to get them to be isolated, so likely the culprit is ther.

ebbertd · 05-08-2022, 04:30 AM

Thank you very much for your answer!

I created an issue with NixOS for this: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/172043

05-07-2022, 04:52 AM	#1
ebbertd Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2022 Device: Tolino	Click to open path opens the web browser Dear all, I'm running Calibre 5.37 on Linux (NixOS unstable). Sometimes I want to quickly access the book files directly. For this purpose the function of right click -> open containing folder of a book exists. However, in my case this then opens the path in the web browser and not in the file manager. This is not the expected behaviour for me, I would expect the path to be opened in the file manager. The file manager is configured in the xdg defaults for inode/directory and other programs, e.g. VSCode work correctly when using the function to open the containing folder. Do any of you also have this issue, and if so, did you find a solution? Thank you in advance, Daniel

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05-08-2022, 01:52 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,856 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	to open a folder calibre calls Qt desktop services, which in turn on linux typically delegate to xdg-open. If it isnt working for you something in the chain is broken. nixos messes a fair bit with upstream packages to get them to be isolated, so likely the culprit is ther.

05-08-2022, 04:30 AM	#3
ebbertd Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2022 Device: Tolino	Thank you very much for your answer! I created an issue with NixOS for this: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/172043

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