Bug 458667
| Summary: | "MIME Types" menu option does not work | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Daniel Novotny <dnovotny> |
| Component: | gnome-commander | Assignee: | Mamoru TASAKA <mtasaka> |
| Status: | CLOSED NEXTRELEASE | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 9 | ||
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2008-09-10 06:51:13 UTC | Type: | --- |
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Description
Daniel Novotny
2008-08-11 14:11:44 UTC
This issue is already reported upstream, however the upstream doesn't seem to have the intention to fix this issue. Since gnome-file-types-properties exists only GNOME < 2.8 era, if you want I will try to hide that menu ? it's sad, that upstream does not want to fix this, because this would improve GNOME usability a lot, IMHO. Hiding the option is one thing you can do, but I have another idea: try to run gnome-file-types-properties, if it is present in the system. If it is not present, show a dialog box, saying that the feature is not supported. Do you think the -hypothetical- dialog box should point to some place, where people can complain, that this feature is missing? Or is it too "aggressive" approach? (In reply to comment #2) > but I have another idea: try to run > gnome-file-types-properties, if it is present in the system. If it is not > present, show a dialog box, saying that the feature is not supported. > > Do you think the -hypothetical- dialog box should point to some place, where > people can complain, that this feature is missing? Or is it too "aggressive" > approach? Honestly saying I don't think such approarch is really needed. BTW currently I am looking at http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gcmd-devel/2007-11/msg00076.html and examining what I can do for this. Hello, again: Would you try this and tell me how you think of this? http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/gnome-commander/1.2.7/3.fc9/ wow, this looks very, very nice, thanks a lot but there is one original need I wanted to satisfy with MIME types editing: I installed both Vim and Emacs and then when I double-click a C file in Gnome Commander, Emacs is run, because I installed it later. To open it in Vim, I need to right-click the file and select "open with". The same holds for other types of files: where there are more viewers/editors, it would be nice to be able to set the default one - I think this can be done by editing /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache - this file is -afaik- changed every time you install a new application, so it is not wise to make a local copy in the home directory, it will be enough just to add a button to edit it... or just a note to the user that they can do it themselves (in the label of the window) thanks and cheers, I think this one other simple change will totally fix the issue... Well, it may be that currently I don't understand what you mean correctly, however: (In reply to comment #5) > I think this can be done by editing /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache - > this file is -afaik- changed every time you install a new application, so it is > not wise to make a local copy in the home directory, it will be enough just to > add a button to edit it... or just a note to the user that they can do it > themselves (in the label of the window) But /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache is not non-sysadmin-user editable. What do you really suggest? The problem is that one MIME type can be associated to more than one application. One is the default which runs when you double-click. I was looking for a way to change this default -this was, in fact, my first motivation for opening this bug- is there anything a non-admin-user can do? If not, your solution is complete. (In reply to comment #7) > The problem is that one MIME type can be associated to more than one > application. One is the default which runs when you double-click. I was looking > for a way to change this default -this was, in fact, my first motivation for > opening this bug- is there anything a non-admin-user can do? What I can say for now is that "I don't know". Perhaps the fact that GNOME doesn't seem to provide such tools shows that there is not a easy way for non-admin user? For now I regard my last change as the "solution" for this bug. If you got another idea please let me know it. Yes, it is a solution. Thanks a lot for your effort. Okay, thank you! gnome-commander-1.2.7-4.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9 gnome-commander-1.2.7-4.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8 gnome-commander-1.2.7-4.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. gnome-commander-1.2.7-4.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. |