exo-open: URIs beginning with "www." not opened in the browser

[Benedikt Meurer]

Jannis Pohlmann wrote:
> Hey Benny,
> 
> this is what I get when trying to run "exo-open www.xfce.org" (or any
> other domain without the "http://" protocol prefix:
> 
>   jannis at nebelsee:~$ exo-open www.sten-net.de
>   jannis at nebelsee:~$ Error: Failed to send command: 500 command not
>   parseable
> 
> Are such URIs not recognized as web URLs out of principle (because a
> command or directory "www.xfce.org" could possibly exist somewhere) or
> is this a bug?

The error message you see is from the webbrowser. Not sure what fails
exactly. Which webbrowser do you use?

> Regards,
> Jannis

Benedikt