[chmln]

Having lived through the same frustrations I've released https://github.com/chmln/handlr a year ago. It comes with lots of nifty scripting tools and significant improvements over xdg-open

[neolog]

How does it decide what mime-type a file has?

[chmln]

It uses the shared mime database, which in turn relies on both file type and content to detect the mime.

[icy]

Doesn't seem like it does. You set it yourself.

[vermaden]

Thanks - will look into that.