No option to select app from custom location to open type of files

[bartje]

When you have a type of file, for example a Gimp file, .xcf, I used to be able to select a custom built Gimp as default to open the file with, by browsing to the directory I built it in.
The option to select the application through a path is gone.

This is a serious regression, limits the freedom of the user, and makes it impossible to use custom built applications as default when the user wants, or even needs it. Ubuntu does not always ship the latest and greatest version of software, and sometimes these are exactly the ones that are needed.

The only options that appear are the apps installed by the software center, or 'search online', which are neither what I need. The option to select the app from the users custom location is necessary.

I hope this will be fixed very soon.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.21-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Oct 30 08:32:31 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=nl_BE:nl
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

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.