ah, and I see the prior default is now in the list, so that is probably the strategy to rewrite that list, simply enter in the apps one at a time, ending with the one I want as the default.
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 2:10 AM, Glen Luscombe <725...@bugs.launchpad.net>wrote: > Hi teledyn, > > Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and make Ubuntu better. I > hadn't had a chance to confirm the bug yet, hence it's incomplete > marking. > > I have tried to replicate the bug using vlc as the 'Open With' > application, however I can both see it in the list, and nautilus > remembers to use it after being selected. > > Does this only happen with vlc? Can you reassign say a .mp3? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/725189 > > Title: > OpenWith/OtherApp does not 'remember' the selected app > > Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: nautilus > > When selecting a file of some type or a directory, the Open With menu > shows a list of apps and the option to Open Other Applications that > gives a dialog listing all the apps (some several times) with a > checkbox to 'Remember this application' -- so far as I can tell, it > never remembers; I have been using VLC to open video files for as long > as I can remember, and VLC still is not in the list, and I have never > selected gmplayer to open video files, yet it is in that list. Also, > in opening a directory I frequently use VLC to open DVD image > directories, yet here again VLC has never migrated into that select > box. > > Can the select list be edited or reset to reflect the choices I > actually use? > > I am currently using Ubuntu 10.10, but so far as I recall this > behaviour has been in Nautilus since the beginning. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 > Package: nautilus 1:2.32.0-0ubuntu1.3 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-25.44-generic 2.6.35.10 > Uname: Linux 2.6.35-25-generic i686 > NonfreeKernelModules: wl > Architecture: i386 > Date: Fri Feb 25 14:06:44 2011 > EcryptfsInUse: Yes > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus > ProcEnviron: > PATH=(custom, user) > LANG=en_CA.utf8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: nautilus > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/725189/+subscribe > -- *Have Blog, Will Travel: blog.teledyn.com* *A Serviceable Substitute: post.teledyn.com* -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/725189 Title: OpenWith/OtherApp does not 'remember' the selected app -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
