SV: Problem with "Open With" menu and gnome mime types?

["Mattias Eriksson" <snaggen acc umu se>]

Hi,

I had the same problem some time ago, I then filed a bug about it. The
bug was closed since they couldn’t reproduce my problems and I thought
the problem was in my setup. 
The problem I had was that the program (in my case xine) didn't exist in
the application registry, I solved the problem by adding an entry in the
file /usr/share/application-registry/gnome-vfs.applications.

If this is the issue, file a bug about this in bugzilla.

//Snaggen

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> [mailto:nautilus-list-admin gnome org] För camalot picnicpark org
> Skickat: den 16 oktober 2002 04:31
> Till: nautilus-list gnome org
> Ämne: Problem with "Open With" menu and gnome mime types?
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I hope I am addressing this to the right place.  Please redirect me if
> not.  I have written a small application I am tentatively calling
> "gjpegtran" (Catchy, isn't it?)  It is a front-end to the jhead and
> jpegtran command line utilities that allows you to do loss-less
> transformation of jpeg images that preserve all the exif information.
> Quite handy for files pulled off digital cameras.
> 
> Anyway, the way I intend for this utility to work is from the Nautilus
> "Open With" menu.  The idea is that for jpeg thumbnails you can open
> an image with this program and easily do the transformation.  I would
> like to setup the "Open With" option for this program when it is
> installed.  From reading the gnome 1.x docs (I'm currently working on
> a RedHat 7.2 system) it seems that placing a file with the contents:
> 
> image/jpeg:
>         open.tag.Lossless JPEG Transfomer=gjpegtran %f
> 
> at the location:
> 
> /usr/share/mime-info/gjpegtrans.key
> 
> should do the trick.  However, this does not seem to work.  Even after
> logging out and back in, the Nautilus "Open With" menu does not show
> this option for jpeg files.  The control center File Types and
> Programs capplet does not show the mapping either in the "Edit
> Applications List" dialog either.  I've checked the file ownership and
> permissions and they match the other entries in that directory.
> 
> If, as a user, I add the application, some cryptic information that I
> don't know how to follow seems to be stuffed in the file
> ~/.gnome/mime-info/user.keys.  For example, an entry like:
> 
> image/jpeg
> 	
> short_list_application_user_additions=56a5acc8-bf43-48cd-8287-
> e6f33f60c43a,display,c9218730-08ff-4c50-a5d8-1f85286ebbd9
> 
> 
> So, my question after all the build-up, is how, at install of
> gjpegtran, can I get it listed in the "Open With" menu automatically.
> My preference would be that it initially show up there, and that the
> user than be able to remove it if they don't want it.  Can anyone give
> me a hint?
> 
>        Thanks, Keith
> 
> P.S. -- If you are curious about gjpegtran, you can see a 
> screenshot at:
> 
   http://www.picnicpark.org/keith/software/gjpegtran/index.html

More information, including the download, will be posted as soon as I
resolve this problem!
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