[ubuntu-za] Nautilus "open with"

[Hilton Gibson]

Hi Bill

One old guy to another.
Install "Ubuntu Tweak" then open Ubuntu Tweak by clicking on the Dash and
typing "Tweak".
Then click on "Admins" -> "File Type Manager".
There you can set all the MIME types you want.

Cheers

hg

On 11 April 2012 15:56, Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks to all who replied - the problem was easily solved.
>
> But could you share a bit more about the whys and hows here for the
> general information of an ignoramus? Am I correct in considering this
> a Nautilus problem or is it somewhere a bit deeper and system related?
> I notice that Dolphin has the same choice of Applications but does not
> have an "Open with" option in the Properties menu. How would I change
> my preferred application with Dolphin? (It allows me to use another
> application to open a .pdf file (which I am using to test), but I
> cannot see how I could change it permanently. How would I change it
> using the command line?
>
> Is there a user configuration file hidden under there somewhere which
> maps file types to applications?
>
> I presume that regarding the .pdf suffix is to provide Windows
> compatibility. How does the system (or is it Nautilus / Dolphin) know
> that a file is a PDF file (as opposed to a .pdf file)?
>
> All for the sake of better understanding what goes on ...
>
> Thanks,
>  Bill
>
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:21 AM, William Walter Kinghorn
> <williamk at dut.ac.za> wrote:
> > Hi Bill.
> >
> > Try, Right click on file , Properties, Open With tab, select what you
> want to do with file
> >
> > William
> > ________________________________________
> > From: ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [
> ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Bill Cairns [
> cairnsww at gmail.com]
> > Sent: 10 April 2012 17:23
> > To: Ubuntu South African Local Community
> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Nautilus "open with"
> >
> > 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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