https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481035
Bug ID: 481035
Summary: New custom Known Type in File Associations is ignored
Classification: Plasma
Product: kwin
Version: 5.27.10
Platform: openSUSE
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: i...@chello.at
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 165655
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=165655&action=edit
Screenshot of file association
SUMMARY
See also SU: How to set a shell script as KDE file association –
https://superuser.com/q/1828467/516482
I'm connecting to a Win10 with an .rdp file supplied by Citrix Netscaler
Gateway via download in my FF.
I wrote a shell script that takes the .rdp file as $1 and it works on Bash's
cmd line:
#!/bin/bash
...
xfreerdp "$1" /monitors:0,2 /floatbar:sticky:off,default:hidden,show:always
/u:<...> /p:<...>
...
To be able to run this script from within GUI apps I created a new File
Association with Known Type: application/rdp. *.RDP, *.rdp already was assigned
to Known Type: x-remmina (which worked with .rdp files as intended) so I moved
them from there to my new one:
See attachment for a screenshot.
There's a ~/.local/share/applications/Bash-RDP.desktop. In FF I have set
Applications -> Content Type: RDP file, Action: Use (default).
This neither works as intended when opening the downloaded .rdp in FF's
downloads drop-down or Downloads Library nor in my Downloads folder in Dolphin.
If I do so xfreerdp appears in the taskbar with a progress circle for a few
seconds only and without any further visual representation. And an xfreerdp
task remains at every try which I have to kill afterwards.
After a few hours of try and error and after asking a question at SuperUser (
https://superuser.com/q/1826544/516482 ) I came to the following conclusion: My
new File Association is ignored. The previous one assigned to *.rdp is still
used: x-remmina. How do I know? Well, xfreerdp was the first in its Application
Preference Order. I moved it one down so that Kate was at the top. Selecting an
.rdp file by double-clicking it in Dolphin opened it in Kate.
See second and third attachment once I can upload more here.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. + Add... File Association -> Known Type -> Group: application, Type name:
txt
2. Select Known Type text/plain, – Remove Filename Pattern: *.txt
3. + Add... Filename Pattern: *.txt to the Known Type: application/txt created
at 1.
4. ✓Apply (otherwise the new Known Type isn't shown in the further [I think
this is a bug by itself])
5. + Add... Application: Mousepad
6. ✓Apply
It looks fine now, but double-clicking a .txt file in Dolphin still opens it in
Kate. OK, let's dig deeper:
7. 🖋️ Edit... Application: Mousepad
7.1. This is confusing. There is an application to Open With: (Kate) on the
General tab
and there's a Program: to run (Mousepad) on the Application tab, which can
be different(?!?).
7.2. With selecting Change... it becomes even more confusing: A dialog
opens with the same controls as on the File type group in File Associations and
you can perform an endless loop now with:
7.2.1. Edit... Application: Mousepad
7.2.2. Open With: ... Change...
7.2.3. GOTO 7.2.1.
OBSERVED RESULT
Files of a Filename Pattern defined in a new custom File Association do not
open with the application defined there.
EXPECTED RESULT
.rdp, & .RDP files should open in the Application of the File Association they
are defined in.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240201
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.10
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.114.0
Qt Version: 5.15.12
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