Open with using terminal Doesn't cause file to run

[Darrell Swafford]

When selecting a file, such as an executable , and pantheon files to use the terminal to open said file, it does not run or open.
It simply opens terminal.

Desired effect would be to run the file selected as an executable, or the default associated program in the terminal to debug by seeing the ran commands.

[Danielle Foré (danrabbit)]

OP, if I understand correctly are you following these steps?
1. right click on an executable
2. Open With > Other Application
3. View All Applications
4. Select Terminal

If so, I think it should be fairly obvious that Files does not recognize what you're asking as a valid selection. I think this would have to be solved on Terminal's side to accept arbitrary binaries.

[Jeremy Wootten (jeremywootten)]

Branches unlinked and bug marked "Will not Fix" in Files. The simplest way to achieve this is to add a contract in the form:

[Contractor Entry]
Name=Run in Terminal
Icon=terminal
Description=Do something to the selected entry(s)
MimeType=application/x-sh;application/x-executable;
Exec=pantheon-terminal -e %f
Gettext-Domain=pantheon-terminal

An option "Run in Terminal" then appears in the context menu when an appropriate file is right-clicked.

It is debatable whether this should be supplied as standard but that is not a Files issue.

[Jeremy Wootten (jeremywootten)]

User contracts should be added to ~/.local/share/contracts with a filename ending in .contract.