Cannot open <OpenDocument file path> in parse mode. Operation not supported (95)

[rajdikshant]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Midnight Commander version and build configuration

GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.33
Built with GLib 2.82.4
Built with S-Lang 2.3.3 with terminfo database
Built with libssh2 1.11.1
With builtin editor and aspell support
With subshell support as default
With support for background operations
With mouse support on xterm and Linux console
With support for X11 events
With internationalization support
With multiple codepages support
With ext2fs attributes support
Virtual File Systems:
 cpiofs, tarfs, sfs, extfs, ext2undelfs, ftpfs, sftpfs, shell
Data types:
 char: 8; int: 32; long: 64; void *: 64; size_t: 64; off_t: 64; uintmax_t: 64;

Operating system

Linux admin 6.12.43+deb13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.43-1 (2025-08-27) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Is this issue reproducible using the latest version of Midnight Commander?

• I confirm the issue is still reproducible with the latest version of Midnight Commander

How to reproduce

Instead of a single office suites, I am using different softwares. ODS default is Gnumeric, ODT default is AbiWord, etc. Both are not opening when pressed Enter on the respective files. With F3, I am getting the (95) error.

Expected behavior

It should simply open the file in a separate default application window.

Actual behavior

Cannot open <file path> in parse mode
Operation not supported (95)

When pressed [OK], it just opens the file in the terminal itself, which just displays gibberish.

Additional context

mc.ext.ini:

# StarOffice 6 and OpenOffice.org formats
[OpenOffice.org]
Regex=\\.(odt|fodt|ott|sxw|stw|ods|fods|ots|sxc|stc|odp|fodp|otp|sxi|sti|odg|fodg|otg|sxd|std|odb|odf|sxm|odm|sxg)$
RegexIgnoreCase=true
Open=/usr/lib/mc/ext.d/doc.sh open ooffice
View=%view{ascii} /usr/lib/mc/ext.d/doc.sh view odt

[AbiWord]
Shell=.abw
ShellIgnoreCase=true
Open=/usr/lib/mc/ext.d/doc.sh open abw

[Gnumeric]
Shell=.gnumeric
ShellIgnoreCase=true
Open=/usr/lib/mc/ext.d/doc.sh open gnumeric