qlog: files view: context menu: Open file using native application

[Toby Dickenson]

On the context menu when browsing the working tree, Bazaar Explorer has an "open" menu item which opens the file using a native application.... pdf files using a pdf viewer, for example.

The context menu for files in the log view contains a "View file" item which uses QBzrCatWindow. That automatically detects several file formats - text and image - but our example pdf file is presented as a hex dump.

It would be helpful if the file log view had an "open" menu, which saved the old revision to a temporary file and opened it using a native application.

[Toby Dickenson (toby-tarind)]

The bug is marked as a duplicate of #752422. That bug is now fixed, but it does not address this issue. Can I request that this bug is reopened please?

[Alexander Belchenko (bialix)]

Toby, please explain why do you think that this issue is not addressed? Have you tested qbzr 0.21b1 release or qbzr trunk?

[Alexander Belchenko (bialix)]

I've just checked with lp:intelhex branch. I can use "Open" menu item to open docs/inelhex.pdf in Acrobat Reader.

[Toby Dickenson (toby-tarind)]

Sorry for the delayed reply, and thanks for your continued attention on this report.

I am testing using qbzr 0.21b1 windows binary installed on top of bzr 2.3.3-3.

I attach a screenshot showing where I hoped to see an "Open" menu item.

[Alexander Belchenko (bialix)]

OK, make sense for me. It seems I misread your bug report initially.