Launching .desktop files

Noob here running arch with i3 and dmenu and I can't figure out how to launch .desktop files. If I open /usr/share/applications in a filebrowser, doubleclicking a .desktop file opens it up in my editor. If I add /usr/share/applications to my $PATH they show up in dmenu but again open up with my editor. Same goes for xdg-open file.desktop which corresponds with this bug.
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Test
Exec=chromium --app=http://localhost:8080/
Terminal=false
Icon=chrome-http___localhost_8080__1
Type=Application
Categories=GTK;Network;WebBrowser;
StartupWMClass=localhost

Is that part of xfce? I can't figure out how to install that on its own. I'd rather not a desktop environment just to get this working.

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2.firefox restart
3.looked like firefox upgraded itself(not sure)
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>
Will Duke stars get anyone to answer this?>I cannot say. What I can tell you is that at least it got me to read it.
And now I look over your original post..
>
..However for me it seems to work only on Windows, failing silently on Mac and Linux?>'Seems'? The docs. for Desktop.open(File) suggest it throws a whole range of exceptions if it cannot perform the task. Are you sure the code is not 'swallowing exceptions'?
Can you produce an SSCCE that fails as you claim? If so, this really sounds like a bug.
And as an aside, Desktop was introduced in 1.6, but AFAIR, Apple is still stuck on 1.5. How did you get it to 'fail silently' on a Mac.?
Edit 1:
But if you are intent on doing it the way that you originally asked about, you might be able to pick up some tips from the [http://browserlaunch2.sourceforge.net/|BrowserLauncher2] code.
Edited by: AndrewThompson64 on May 22, 2008 4:48 PM

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