Re: gnome-file-types-properties confusion

[Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn ant uni-bremen de>]

Alexander Larsson wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 08:44, Kotrla Vitezslav wrote:
>
> > I got Gnome 2.6 (Debian/unstable) here and I'm  trying to convince Nautilus
> > to open iso-8859-2 encoded text file (suffix is .srt) with gedit:
> >
> > 0) Nautilus shows 'green foot' common icon for bridge_too_far-cz.srt file
> > 1) I right-click file -> Open with -> Application (the only choice)
> > 2) dialogue "none application associated with "bridge_too_far-cz.srt" is shown,
> >   button 'Cancel' and 'Associate'
> > 3) I press 'Associate', gnome-file-types-properties is run (according to ps command,
> >   it is 'gnome-file-types-properties application/octet-stream bridge_too_far-cz.srt'),
> >   I'm selecting icon, description, MIME type, category, suffixes in in 'Implcit action'
> >   field 'gedit'.
> > 4) again - still the indefinite 'green-foot' icon is shown, right-clicking file ->
> >   Open with -> Application gets me back to step 2), but now form in
> >   gnome-file-types-properties contains previously entered values. Frustration, confusion
> >   - is it a bug or feature? What should I try next?
> >
> > I'd gladly appreciate link to some explanation or tutorial I could have missed. Also
> > thanks for any tips or insightful explanations. I take care of multiple Gnome computers
> > and I just have to explain people why this doesn't work :-(
>
>
> This is unfortunately a know bug in Gnome 2.6. When assigning a new app
> to the unknown type file we create a new mimetype for it
> (application/x-ext-srt). However the mimetype is created using the old
> mimetype system, so Nautilus, using the new system doesn't understand
> it, and can't use the new mime->app mapping.
>
> This will be fixed in gnome 2.8, which fully moves to the new mime
> system.

PMJI, but wouldn't it be nice to be able to specify an "ad hoc" 
application  for opening the file? I mean, select "Open With" and simply 
type "gedit" in some text entry box to have the file openend with gedit?
It is a bit cumbersome to have to walk through the mime-type dialogues 
just for occasionally opening a file which has a non standard suffix or 
who's filetype is incorrectly sniffed.
This could make life with nautilus a lot easier :-)

--Heinrich Rebehn