"Home folder" keyboard shortcut now opens Atom editor

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Hello, since I’ve updated my Atom editor to 1.61.0-beta0 now my keyboard shortcut for opening my home folder opens up that folder into the Atom editor. It also starts an Electron process that hogs up a lot of CPU & RAM and remains open even after Atom is closed.

Any ideas of what might be up with this?

Ty!

Inxi

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.38-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=df7a105e-6ebc-4a94-bb06-ba9156e9161c rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor resume=UUID=bd9d7dac-f62e-4ec5-bc1d-7a6957726858
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.2.7 tk: GTK v: 3.24.33 wm: Muffin dm: LightDM
    v: 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20NB001SUS v: ThinkPad E590
    serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20NB001SUS v: SDK0J40697 WIN serial: <filter>
    UEFI: LENOVO v: R0YET49W (1.32 ) date: 03/14/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 37.5 Wh (100.0%) condition: 37.5/45.7 Wh (81.9%)
    volts: 12.3 min: 11.1 model: Celxpert 01AV448 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    status: full cycles: 476
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K330
    serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M560
    serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.35 GiB used: 5.6 GiB (36.5%)
  Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 EC: None max-module-size: 16 GiB
    note: est.
  Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB speed:
    spec: 2667 MT/s actual: 2400 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 width (bits): data: 64
    total: 64 manufacturer: SK Hynix part-no: HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK
    serial: <filter>
  Device-2: ChannelB-DIMM0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB speed:
    spec: 2667 MT/s actual: 2400 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 width (bits): data: 64
    total: 64 manufacturer: SK Hynix part-no: HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK
    serial: <filter>
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-8565U socket: BGA1528 (U3E1) note: check bits: 64
    type: MT MCP arch: Comet/Whiskey Lake note: check family: 6
    model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 0xC (12) microcode: 0xEC
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
    L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 739 high: 800 min/max: 400/4600 base/boost: 1800/2000
    scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave volts: 0.7 V
    ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 713 5: 700 6: 700 7: 700
    8: 700 bogomips: 32012
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
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    intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor
    movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm
    pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp
    rep_good sdbg sep sgx smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp
    syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi
    vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 status: Vulnerable: eIBRS with unprivileged eBPF
  Type: srbds mitigation: TSX disabled
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel WhiskeyLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics 620] vendor: Lenovo
    driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-2
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3ea0 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Acer SunplusIT Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-6:4 chip-ID: 5986:2113 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x1453 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1185x384mm (46.65x15.12")
    s-diag: 1246mm (49.04")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: primary,bottom-l
    model: ViewSonic VX2478 Series serial: <filter> built: 2019 res: 2560x1440
    hz: 60 dpi: 124 gamma: 1.2 size: 526x296mm (20.71x11.65")
    diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: top-right model: Lenovo 0x40ba built: 2018
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
    diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9dc8 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.38-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.51 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Lenovo driver: r8168 v: 8.049.02-NAPI modules: r8169 pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp5s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  IF-ID-1: br-d66ff4d0e2b7 state: down mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 346.99 GiB (72.8%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Toshiba model: N/A
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s
    lanes: 2 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0108ADLA temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 459.75 GiB size: 451.46 GiB (98.20%)
    used: 346.99 GiB (76.9%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
    maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A uuid: df7a105e-6ebc-4a94-bb06-ba9156e9161c
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
    maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A uuid: 4879-6B7A
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.89 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A
    uuid: bd9d7dac-f62e-4ec5-bc1d-7a6957726858
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1:2 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID
    driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 1-6:4 info: Acer SunplusIT Integrated Camera type: Video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 5986:2113 class-ID: 0e02
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C pch: 43.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0
Info:
  Processes: 312 Uptime: 4h 26m wakeups: 36 Init: systemd v: 250
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: 1719
  pacman: 1715 lib: 514 pkg: 0 flatpak: 4 Shell: Bash (sudo) v: 5.1.16
  running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.16
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Electron based spps can be unpredicatable if there is bugs in the underlying electron

Possibly an editor issue - I suggest you check upstream for the state of the atom editor

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But you think that atom could be hijacking my keyboard shortcuts somehow?

Also I don’t know why Atom got updated to a beta release

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now my keyboard shortcut for opening my home folder opens up that folder into the Atom editor

Check for inode/directory in ~/.config/mimeapps.list, maybe Atom is before your default file manager in the list, which is why it opens folders.

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It is possible - if atom has added itself as handler for inode/directory - in mimeapps.list.

You can have multiple handlers for the same thing - separated with ; - they are applied in order of appearance.

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That was it! kinda, there is no inode/directory entry in my mimeapps.list but following that logic I’ve opened Cinnamon’s “Preferred Applications” settings and there it was Atom setup as my file manager.

Thanks for the help :slight_smile:

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