Public bug reported: Right now, pymol cannot be preferred as a default handler of a mimetype such as chemical/x-pdb, since the Exec section in pymol.desktop lacks %F. First of all %F must be added to the desktop file.
Secondly, there are many more mimetypes that pymol can handle such as chemical/x-mdl-molfile and chemical/x-mol2. It would be really great if these additional mimetypes are added to the MimeType section of the desktop file. And finally, I think, chemical-mime-data package should be added as a dependency to pymol package for these additional mimetypes to be recognized by the system. chemical-mime-data can also be added as a recommended package, but for the end user, it would be really hard to figure out what a mimetype is and to install chemical-mime-data package in order to use pymol properly. The desktop file I prepared is attached. PS: I have also fixed the same issue on Fedora (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=817463), FWIW. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: pymol 1.5.0.1-2build1 [modified: usr/share/applications/pymol.desktop] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-19.30-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Dec 6 14:41:40 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-03 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64+mac (20121017.3) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: pymol UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: pymol (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal running-unity ** Attachment added: "proper .desktop file for pymol" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1087265/+attachment/3452937/+files/pymol.desktop -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1087265 Title: pymol application cannot be configured as default molecular viewer application To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pymol/+bug/1087265/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
