Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?

Create one file and one folder with names that contain double quotes '"':

        /tmp/"file".txt         (is a FILE)
        /tmp/"folder"           (is a FOLDER)

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

Calling xdg-open on both of these paths.

   * What was the outcome of this action?

In the case of the file, xdg-open launched an editor/viewer for the file --
this is the expected and correct behaviour.

In the case of the directory, xdg-open launched a file browser with a BOGUS
PATH:
/tmp/"folder" got opened as /tmp/fileW55Y0D/ with subsequent invocations of
xdg-open
yielding different bogus paths of the same format (prefix + 6 character
suffix).

In both cases, special attention was being given to use proper shell quoting:

        xdg-open \"file\".txt
        xdg-open \"folder\"

The quoting works properly with other applications.

The result is the same regardless of whether relative or absolute paths are
being used.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

In the case of the directory, the file browser application should be opened
with the
path to the specified folder instead of a bogus path.