cannot associate bin and a26 files with Stella

[Damian Yerrick]

I cannot associate .a26 files (executables for Atari 2600 Video
Computer System) with Stella (Atari 2600 emulator).

steps to reproduce:

1. in a terminal, sudo apt-get install stella
2. Download FlapPing, a homebrew game for 2600:
   visit http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=2705
   and click the pie chart icon next to "Download ROM"
3. open the archive
4. drag FlapPing.bin out of the archive
5. rename FlapPing.bin to FlapPing.a26
6. right-click and choose Open With Other Application...
7. click Show other applications
8. click Find applications Online

expected:
Stella appears in the list after step 7, or I can enter a custom
command after step 7, or I can click a button to browse the file
system after step 7, or Stella appears in the list after step 8.

actual:
Stella does not appear in either list, and I cannot enter a custom
command, and there is no button to browse the file system.

Either this is a problem with Stella not appearing in menus, or it
is a problem with Nautilus not allowing associating file types with
applications that do not appear in the menus. Versions of Ubuntu
prior to 11.10 had either a custom command or browse button (I forget
which).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: stella 3.4.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 22 18:09:18 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
SourcePackage: stella
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-20 (2 days ago)

[Stephen Kitt (steve-sk2)]

Thanks for reporting this bug!

There is indeed a problem in Stella's .desktop file which causes it not to appear in the "Open With Other Application..." menu. I'll fix that in the next upload to Debian (which should also end up in Precise Pangolin).

As far as Nautilus is concerned, there may be a bug there too; on my Debian system I have a "Use a custom command" section in the "Open With" dialog to open a file with an application which doesn't appear in the "Installed applications" list. You may wish to duplicate this bug report and assign it to Nautilus...

[Damian Yerrick (tepples)]

Someone else already got to the Nautilus report: bug 853061. I noticed the same problem in Mednafen and reported it as bug 886912.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package stella - 3.4.1-2

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stella (3.4.1-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Make Stella available in the "Open With Other Applications..." menu
    in Gnome (and presumably similar entries in other desktop
    environments; LP: #880114).
  * Build with gcc 4.6.1 (which identifies itself as gcc 4.6).
 -- Ubuntu Archive Auto-Sync <email address hidden> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:05:23 +0000