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Subject: Re: xdg-open and start-process-shell-command: Unable to open files
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> From: Chandan Babu R <chandanrlinux@gmail.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2021 19:12:54 +0530
> 
> > I believe the reason for this was recently found and resolved in Git
> > on the master branch.
> 
> Thanks for the response.
> 
> I built the code present in the master branch. The topmost commit was,
> 
> commit 55e77a811a6f137b02eb786fb00c43f0f14bb028
> Author: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> 
>     * lisp/progmodes/flymake.el: Bind mouse-3 to flymake-menu on mode-line.
>     
>     * lisp/progmodes/flymake.el (flymake--mode-line-title):
>     Bind [mode-line down-mouse-3] to flymake-menu (bug#50067)
> 
> The problem described above is still recreatable.

See

  https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=44824

Perhaps there's more places where xdg-open needs such special
treatment.