As part of the big bug review for 16.04 LTS, I have tested this on 15.10
and the bug is still there.
** Tags added: desktop-bugscrub-triaged
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** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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Title:
Dash opens desktop files in gedit instead of running them
To manage
** No longer affects: unity-2d
** No longer affects: unity-2d (Ubuntu)
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Title:
Dash opens desktop files in gedit instead of running them
To
Adding unity-lens-files here since after having a look at the unity-2d
code all i see is that we just call activate on the item so it's up to
the lens to decide what to do with it
OTOH i think this is more a wish than a bug
** Also affects: unity-lens-files
Importance: Undecided
With regard to whether this is a wish or a bug I assumed that the action
in the dash would be the same as the default open action for a file.
Since the default action for a .desktop file is to run it then logically
this is what should happen.
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: unity-2d (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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This also affects me on Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 w/ Unity 3D. Also, setting
the file's executable bit to true doesn't do the trick for Unity. It
still tries to open it through gedit (for me).
** Also affects: unity-2d
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: unity
Importance:
Also, is it possible that it's actually the files' lens's problem and
not Unity's?
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Title:
Dash opens desktop files in gedit instead of running
