Public bug reported: As of Nautilus 3.6, desktop files' EXEC field require field codes %U, for URL, or %F, for file, or the desktop file doesn't associate the app to its mimetypes.
mkvtoolnix-gui and mkvinfo desktop files do not contain the field codes at this point. Therefore, in Nautilus 3.6, when a user right-clicks on a matroska file, those apps are not in the "Open with" list. This issue only occurs in Nautilus 3.6 and beyond. Prior versions do not parse the desktop file so carefully. Thus, the "Open with" menu for Matroska files doesn't include the app that creates and edits Matroska files. This problem manifests in Quantal with the Gnome 3 ppa, and in Raring. I have created patches and debdiffs for Quantal and Raring. I will be submitting the patch to Bunkus.org as well. Desktop specification: http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry- spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html#exec-variables The fix for this is to apply the patch, and then run # update-desktop-database Open with now contains mkvmerge and mkvinfo as expected. I have already tested this and confirmed this works. Information was supplied by Cosimo Cecchi. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: mkvtoolnix-gui 5.1.0-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-19.30-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Dec 18 15:19:35 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-06-22 (178 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: mkvtoolnix UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-28 (81 days ago) ** Affects: mkvtoolnix (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug matroska mkvmerge quantal raring ** Patch added: "quantal patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1091851/+attachment/3463340/+files/fix_desktop_files.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1091851 Title: mkvmerge-gui has incomplete desktop file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mkvtoolnix/+bug/1091851/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
