GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 681174
'Use a custom command' option not working in Nautilus 3.x
Last modified: 2012-08-07 07:58:31 UTC
The 'Use a custom command' option appears in two places in the Nautilus(and Caja) file manager: 1) 'right-click-on-file > Open With > Other Application ...' path 2) 'right-click-on-file > Properties > Open With > Add' path. The 'Use a custom command' option does not work via either path in 3.x, yet it worked in Natuilus 2.28.1. To reproduce the condition: Click on the plus-sign (or check box) at the 'Use a custom command' label --- to get an entry field (and Browse button) to set the path to the desired application (executable) --- and NOTHING HAPPENS. THE ENTRY FIELD (and Browse button) DOES NOT APPEAR. The 'set-another-application-to-use-for-a-selected-file-or-file-type' feature of Nautilus was working in Nautilus 2.28.1 --- in my Ubuntu 9.10 installs on 3 desktop computers and 2 Acer 10.1" netbook computers. Caja 1.2.0 has the same bug as Nautilus 3.2.1. It looks like Caja developers forked off Caja from a Nautilus version after 2.28.1. It appears that this 'regression' is the fault of Gnome-Nautilus developers, not Caja developers. Hopefully, Gnome-Nautilus developers will restore the 'Use a custom command' dialog in Nautilus --- and, hopefully, MATE-Caja developers will restore the dialog in Caja. Gnome developers, please restore the 'Use a custom command' capability. An EXTERNAL REFERENCE: I documented this bug soon after I encountered it, at http://www.subdude-site.com/WebPages_Local/RefInfo/Computer/Linux/LinuxMint_Installs/linuxMintDebianEdition_install_blaze.htm
Which exact Nautilus version is this about?
As mentioned in the bug report (above), this bug was not in 2.28.1, but is in at least one 3.x release. I am not optimistic that anyone is going to fix this in a past 3.x release. All I am trying to do is to let appropriate Gnome-Nautilus developers know that they have let this bug slip into the 3.x releases and that it should be corrected in a FUTURE 3.x release. If you want a specific release, say to check out whether you can reproduce this bug, then try 3.2.1. That is the release that was referred to several times in the web page link at the bottom of the bug report. That is a very long page, but you can step through the Nautilus parts of the page by searching for the keyword 'nautilus'. In particular, you can search for the phrase 'custom command'.
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 650284 ***