Re: Nautilus 3.2.1 and file associations
On Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:43:15 +0000, Alan Chandler wrote:
> On 26/11/11 21:18, Camaleón wrote:
>
>> Anyway, try this:
>>
>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/82652/file-association-to-unlisted-application
>>
>> It basically says that you have to append a trailing "%U" at
>> "/usr/share/ applications/freemind.deskop" file, at the "Exec" stanza,
>> that is:
>>
>> ***
>> Exec=/usr/bin/freemind %U
>> ***
>>
>> Now the application should be listed at the "Open with..." menu so you
>> can now set it as the default for that kind of file types.
>>
>>
> Actually it is incomplete - you need to also (or maybe only) edit the
> setting in ~/.local/share/applications/freemind.desktop
Hum... It worked for me by just editing the suggested file (and I even
don't have Freemind installed at all).
> Having done that, I have been able to both find the application and make
> it the default.
>
> Thanks for the persistance. We got there in the end
Well, great...
It's that kind of weird things that are not easy to get figured with an
extra help.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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