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Bug 45321 - Error message should include advice when Nautilus can't view a file
Error message should include advice when Nautilus can't view a file
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
0.x.x [obsolete]
Other Linux
: Normal minor
: old
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2000-12-21 13:44 UTC by John Sullivan
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description John Sullivan 2001-09-10 00:48:28 UTC 
Currently, if you double-click a file for which Nautilus has no registered
program/viewer, Nautilus puts up a dialog saying that it can't display this
file. This dialog would be more useful if it mentioned how the user might train
Nautilus to display this file, by mentioning the File Types and Programs capplet
and perhaps offering a "Go There" button.



------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org 2001-09-09 20:48 -------
Comment 1 John Fleck 2002-01-05 04:08:36 UTC 
Changing to "old" target milestone for all bugs laying around with no milestone set.
Comment 2 Aschwin van der Woude 2002-11-06 22:01:17 UTC 
This still seems an issue in 2.1.2, although I didn't get a popup but
the message "This is a sample nautilus view component" in the viewing
area.
Comment 3 Sebastien Bacher 2003-11-23 22:09:52 UTC 
nautilus 2.4 popup a dialog "Cancel" / "Associate Application", it
seems to fix this bug. I'm closing it. Feel free to reopen it if you
think that the problem is still here.