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Bug 586642 - gedit won't open a file when using "Open With" right button context menu
gedit won't open a file when using "Open With" right button context menu
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 585506
Product: gedit
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.26.x
Other Mac OS
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Gedit maintainers
Gedit maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-06-22 14:08 UTC by Antonio Arena
Modified: 2009-06-29 16:34 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Antonio Arena 2009-06-22 14:08:41 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
I want to open a file from Finder using gedit. I right click on the file and choose "Open With" --> "Other..."
Once I choose gedit from the applications (BTW, gedit is grayed out since it's not included in the Recommended Applications), gedit is launched. Sorry to say that gedit is opened with an empty document and not with the file I just tried to open.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Open Finder
2. Right click on a file to open
3. Choose "Open With" --> "Other..."
4. Select gedit from your applications (you might have to select "All Applications" from drop down list)

Actual results:
gedit opens with an empty document

Expected results:
gedit should open with the selected file

Does this happen every time?
yes

Other information:
MAC OSX 10.5.7
Comment 1 jessevdk@gmail.com 2009-06-22 14:38:57 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 585506 ***
Comment 2 Antonio Arena 2009-06-22 14:49:57 UTC 
I'm not sure this is a duplicate of bug 585506 since that occurs using an alias created inside my profile. This happens when the OS sends a file to gedit.app and nothing happens. Do you it boils down to the same call at the end?
Comment 3 jessevdk@gmail.com 2009-06-22 14:58:42 UTC 
Yes I think so. The thing is that apple implements this file opening for an application using IPC Apple Events. This is currently not implemented, and that's why opening files using command line 'open' or from finder is not working for now.