[wishlist] please bring back possibility to open files with commandline

Bug #871978 reported by karl
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Nautilus
Unknown
Unknown
nautilus (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

As for now I only can choose between different applications from a list to be opend with a filetype. (preferences->open with) Please bring back the possibility to open with a commandline. This is neccessary for applications not installed via package management - for example certain wine applications.

What is this simplification-thing in gnome 3 anyway?!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 10 21:50:35 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-01 (8 days ago)

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karl (karl-sebastian-liebich) wrote :
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karl (karl-sebastian-liebich) wrote :

-- Thank You! --

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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karl (karl-sebastian-liebich) wrote :
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karl (karl-sebastian-liebich) wrote :

The wish I filed is a duplicate of https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=650284 so please use this url to do the bugwatch.
Thank You!

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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