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Bug 531373 - Will not change file-type binding
Will not change file-type binding
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 347852
Product: gnome-commander
Classification: Other
Component: application
1.2.x
Other All
: Normal normal
: 1.2.6
Assigned To: GNOME Commander maintainer(s)
epiotr
: 603840 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-05-04 13:36 UTC by Jonas Høiberg
Modified: 2014-02-07 08:58 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Jonas Høiberg 2008-05-04 13:36:55 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
In the "Properties" of any given file, I am not allowed to change with what program the file-type should be opened with.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Right click on a file in Gnome commander.
2. Click on the "Properties" option.
3. In the window that appears, press "Change" in the "Open With:" row


Actual results:
Nothing

Expected results:
To get a menu with a list of suitable applications and/or a field to write a command-line

Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:
Comment 1 Jonas Høiberg 2008-05-04 13:51:23 UTC 
Sorry, forgot to mention. I am able to open with other applications, via either the "Open With" -> "Other" option or by creating an entry for the file extensions, creating an option in the right-click menu. The only thing I am unable to do, is making other applications the standard application for the given file extension.
Comment 2 Stefan Ionescu 2008-11-25 15:33:04 UTC 
I can confirm the bug in GC 1.2.7, on Ubuntu 8.04. I can reproduce Jonas's steps, and it happens every time. I am able to "Open with > Other".

I have attempted several solutions commonly suggested elsewhere, but they all failed.

More specifically, I have tried to set the default pdf-viewer to Evince, but GC keeps using Xpdf. All the following methods failed in GC 1.2.7:

1. changed file association in Nautilus. (it is set to Evince, in Nautilus they're opened with E., in GC - Xpdf).

2. changed the files handling MIME types (mimeinfo.cache, defaults.list, as suggested on the GC documentation page: http://www.nongnu.org/gcmd/doc.html). I've set pdfs to Evince, and only Evince (still GC uses XPdf)

3. checked the file fav-apps (~/.gnome-commander/fav-apps); I have proper association with Evince for pdf, ps and dvi (still GC uses XPdf).
Comment 3 Ilya Barygin 2008-12-05 20:05:43 UTC 
I think this is connected with bug 347852, possibly a duplicate.
Comment 4 epiotr 2009-12-21 23:57:17 UTC 
*** Bug 603840 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Uwe Scholz 2014-02-07 08:53:56 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 347852 ***
Comment 6 Uwe Scholz 2014-02-07 08:58:22 UTC 
Because the "Change" button in file properties and the menu entry in "Settings... -> Edit Mime Types..." are calling the same program (gnome-file-types-properties), this bug is essentially a duplicate of bug 347852.