[ubuntu-za] Nautilus "open with"

[Bill Cairns]

Ja! Yes! Yebo! etc!

I don't know why the other doesn't work, but this does.

Thanks much.

Bill

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Raymond Barbour <xraya4t at gmail.com> wrote:
> Right click on the file and select properties. There is a open with tab.
> Raymond
>
> On Apr 10, 2012 5:23 PM, "Bill Cairns" <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Miles <msdomdonner at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com>
>> > Reply-to: Ubuntu South African Local Community
>> > <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> > To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> > Subject: [ubuntu-za] Nautilus "open with"
>> > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:11:36 +0200
>> >
>> > How does this assignment of application to files work? At one stage I
>> > did an "Open with" Calibre of a .pdf file and (I presume" left the
>> > "Always use..." box ticked. . Since then, every time I click on a .pdf
>> > file Calibre grabs it - this despite my trying to reassign them to the
>> > document viewer. I have a similar problem with bash script files - it
>> > has decided that AbiWord is the correct application to open them when
>> > I click on them and select "Open with". Gedit - my preferred
>> > application does not even appear as an option despite my going to "Use
>> > other application" and selecting it.
>> >
>> > I am not sure when these problems started, but they have been going on
>> > for some time. I have been running 10.04 since it was released and the
>> > problem was certainly not there from the beginning. It has really
>> > become a nuisance since calibre started grabbing all the .pdf fines -
>> > my Calibre library is beginning to have lots of strange "eBooks" in it
>> > that I am not likely to ever load onto my reader!
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi Bill. right click and open with other application, then choose what
>> > you want to use to open them. untick the remeber this block if you only
>> > want to go that route once
>> > Hope this helps
>> > Miles
>>
>> Thanks Miles - yes I know that is how it is supposed to work. But in
>> my case it doesn't.
>>
>> I have just done it again.
>>
>> Right click on a .pdf file.
>>
>> Up comes the drop down menu:
>> Open with Calibre
>> Open with Document Viewer
>> <some other choices>
>> Other Application
>>
>> I chose Other Application, select Document Viewer, leave "remember
>> this application for "PDF" files" ticked
>>
>> Document viewer opens up. I close it.
>>
>> Right click on the same .pdf file
>>
>> I get exactly the same drop down menu as before with Calibre heading
>> up the list.
>>
>> Something fishy?
>>
>> Bill
>>
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