From 572ed9ee867370c80cf5bb7831363eca30a3cef4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ekoster1 <48770483+ekoster1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 15:21:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Open non-markdown files in default application #2396 (#2563)

---
 src/main/menu/actions/file.js | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/menu/actions/file.js b/src/main/menu/actions/file.js
index fd892c7e..634d0eb2 100644
--- a/src/main/menu/actions/file.js
+++ b/src/main/menu/actions/file.js
@@ -419,14 +419,17 @@ ipcMain.on('mt::format-link-click', (e, { data, dirname }) => {
   }
 
   let pathname = null
-  if (path.isAbsolute(href) && isMarkdownFile(href)) {
+  if (path.isAbsolute(href)) {
     pathname = href
-  } else if (!path.isAbsolute(href) && isMarkdownFile(path.join(dirname, href))) {
+  } else if (dirname && !path.isAbsolute(href)) {
     pathname = path.join(dirname, href)
   }
-  if (pathname) {
+
+  if (pathname && isMarkdownFile(pathname)) {
     const win = BrowserWindow.fromWebContents(e.sender)
     return openFileOrFolder(win, pathname)
+  } else if (pathname) {
+    return shell.openPath(pathname)
   }
 })