[ubuntu-za] Nautilus "open with"

[Raymond Barbour]

I had the same eureka moment when I found it. I was so used to the windows
method too.
On Apr 10, 2012 7:34 PM, "Bill Cairns" <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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