mkvmerge-gui has incomplete desktop file

[Brandon Snider]

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)

[Brandon Snider (brandonsnider)]

This attachment is a debdiff for Quantal.

[Brandon Snider (brandonsnider)]

This patch is for the Raring version, 5.9.0

[Brandon Snider (brandonsnider)]

This attachment is a debdiff for Raring, 5.9.0.

[Brandon Snider (brandonsnider)]

Revised original debdiff.

[Brandon Snider (brandonsnider)]

Revised debdiff for Raring

[Brandon Snider (brandonsnider)]

Revised Quantal patch.

[Brandon Snider (brandonsnider)]

Revised Raring patch

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[ZhengPeng Hou (zhengpeng-hou)]

uploaded debdiff in #6

[Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)]

mkvtoolnix (5.9.0-1ubuntu1) raring; urgency=low

  * Added fix_desktop_files.patch.

 -- Brandon Snider <email address hidden> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:46:34 -0500