Re: [Nautilus-list] how to view files ?

[Rebecca Schulman <rebecka eazel com>]

Jens Ansorg wrote:

> hi,
>
> it's getting better with every snapshot, great work :-))
>
> I'm still missing some features I had in GMC, i.e.
>
> right-click on any file and you get at least these two:
> - view (with the GMC buidl-in viewer)
> - edit (with the gnome-defined editor)
>
> no matter what file type, they are allways there.
>
> now I can find anything like that in Nautilus
>
> I know that I can define a application through control-center but only
> for certain file type not as a general option.

It's a problem

>

We'd like to be able to make it so that you can set a default viewer for
all text/ files,
and  other supertypes using the control-center, in addition to specifying
apps for particular mime types.
We have a bug in our bug tracker about this : bugzilla.eazel.com bug 6259.


>
> And wit the viewer it's even worse: I go to control-center, try to
> change the action, "user viewer" and "edit list" but there is no way to
> add a viewer - I can only deselect one if there is already one.
>
> Another issue:
>
> I have a folder /etc/cups
> there are a few *.conf files in there.
>
> Since I'm logged in as normal user they are all write-protected for me.
> But I can double-click and get the text viewer showing the contents;
> great!
>
> One is additionally "view-protected" (no read access for me), it has the
> eye symbol.
> Whe I double-click this one I get the misleading error message that says
> "no viewer installed to handle that file" - it should clearly state that
> I'm not allowed to.
>

Thanks for pointing this out! This is definitely a bug, and something that
worked correctly in the past.  I've filed it as bugzilla.eazel.com bug
7504.

Rebecca