defaults are not changed

[Clearflower]

1. Install another music player (I did audacious and exaile)
2. Open Switchboard -> Defaults, and change the default music player
3. Open a music file (I used a .pls stream)

Result: The music file only opens with the last default music player, which was noise.

Note that noise isn't the problem - when I removed that app, switching between exaile and audacious gave the same results, and I even had to _right click > open with > other application_ to search for the other music player.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: elementary OS 0.2
Package: elementary-desktop 1.284-0~355~precise1 [origin: LP-PPA-elementary-os-daily]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-33.52-generic-pae 3.2.31
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-33-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15+elementary3~precise1
Architecture: i386
CrashDB: elementary_meta
Date: Tue Nov 20 19:15:58 2012
InstallationMedia: elementary OS 0.2 "Luna" - Beta 1 i386 (20121114)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: elementary-meta
SuspiciousXErrors:

ThirdParty: True
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Damien (youpla-b)]

Noticed it with the video player. I suspect all 8 lists are affected.

[Danielle Foré (danrabbit)]

I'm bumping this to "high" since it seems the functionality is completely broken. I can confirm that changing the default image viewer from "Shotwell" to "GIMP" does nothing.

[Chris Triantafillis (christriant)]

I don't know why its not working but i'll try to fix it.
I'll find another way to do it

[David Gomes (davidgomes)]

This is indeed a very broken issue. xdg-open handles this kind of things, right?

[Chris Triantafillis (christriant)]

I don't know...We must ask Shnatsel.

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel)]

IDK, works for me, as far as switching web browsers goes.

The system is reasonably complex, and xdg-open is merely a client of it (and a rather poor one too). The immediate effect of the plug should be observable as new entries in ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

If the new entries are added into the file, the problem is the list of mimetypes the plug considers to be associated with music players is not sufficient.

To fix that we can either expand the list of mimetypes associated with each kind of app, or make the plug transition all associations from the old selection to the new selection, given that the "new" selection supports those mimetypes.

[Chris Triantafillis (christriant)]

I looked how Ubuntu's plug does this and i'm gonna give it a try...

2013/1/16 Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff <email address hidden>

> IDK, works for me, as far as switching web browsers goes.
>
> The system is reasonably complex, and xdg-open is merely a client of it
> (and a rather poor one too). The immediate effect of the plug should be
> observable as new entries in ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
>
> If the new entries are added into the file, the problem is the list of
> mimetypes the plug considers to be associated with music players is not
> sufficient.
>
> To fix that we can either expand the list of mimetypes associated with
> each kind of app, or make the plug transition all associations from the
> old selection to the new selection, given that the "new" selection
> supports those mimetypes.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1081413
>
> Title:
> defaults are not changed
>
> Status in Switchboard Plug Default Applications:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> 1. Install another music player (I did audacious and exaile)
> 2. Open Switchboard -> Defaults, and change the default music player
> 3. Open a music file (I used a .pls stream)
>
> Result: The music file only opens with the last default music player,
> which was noise.
>
> Note that noise isn't the problem - when I removed that app, switching
> between exaile and audacious gave the same results, and I even had to
> _right click > open with > other application_ to search for the other
> music player.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: elementary OS 0.2
> Package: elementary-desktop 1.284-0~355~precise1 [origin:
> LP-PPA-elementary-os-daily]
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-33.52-generic-pae 3.2.31
> Uname: Linux 3.2.0-33-generic-pae i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15+elementary3~precise1
> Architecture: i386
> CrashDB: elementary_meta
> Date: Tue Nov 20 19:15:58 2012
> InstallationMedia: elementary OS 0.2 "Luna" - Beta 1 i386 (20121114)
> MarkForUpload: True
> SourcePackage: elementary-meta
> SuspiciousXErrors:
>
> ThirdParty: True
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/switchboard-plug-default-applications/+bug/1081413/+subscriptions
>

--
Best Regards,
Chris Triantafillis

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel)]

I haven't looked into how Ubuntu's plug does it but I have my own idea and I'm going to give it a try. Afterwards we'll compare our implementations and see which one works best :)

[Chris Triantafillis (christriant)]

@Sergey I implement the way UBuntu's plug does it but i can't use it 100% because precise has an older version of GLib and i need a newer...

Remember the problem with function i needed and the vapi? Its GLib fault actually..

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel)]

Actually I don't remember, but I think I can do it without a newer glib.
I also initiated a pretty bug rewriting of things in there and I'm going to introduce a custom data structure to generalize application handling. Vala is fun!

[Chris Triantafillis (christriant)]

I'm waiting for your code!

2013/1/24 Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff <email address hidden>

> Actually I don't remember, but I think I can do it without a newer glib.
> I also initiated a pretty bug rewriting of things in there and I'm going
> to introduce a custom data structure to generalize application handling.
> Vala is fun!
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1081413
>
> Title:
> defaults are not changed
>
> Status in Switchboard Plug Default Applications:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> 1. Install another music player (I did audacious and exaile)
> 2. Open Switchboard -> Defaults, and change the default music player
> 3. Open a music file (I used a .pls stream)
>
> Result: The music file only opens with the last default music player,
> which was noise.
>
> Note that noise isn't the problem - when I removed that app, switching
> between exaile and audacious gave the same results, and I even had to
> _right click > open with > other application_ to search for the other
> music player.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: elementary OS 0.2
> Package: elementary-desktop 1.284-0~355~precise1 [origin:
> LP-PPA-elementary-os-daily]
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-33.52-generic-pae 3.2.31
> Uname: Linux 3.2.0-33-generic-pae i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15+elementary3~precise1
> Architecture: i386
> CrashDB: elementary_meta
> Date: Tue Nov 20 19:15:58 2012
> InstallationMedia: elementary OS 0.2 "Luna" - Beta 1 i386 (20121114)
> MarkForUpload: True
> SourcePackage: elementary-meta
> SuspiciousXErrors:
>
> ThirdParty: True
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/switchboard-plug-default-applications/+bug/1081413/+subscriptions
>

--
Best Regards,
Chris Triantafillis

[Cody Garver (codygarver)]

This was fixed at the OS level but it still needs a fix for those not using elementary OS. But because of that I am removing it from the beta2 milestone.

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel)]

lp:~voldyman/switchboard-plug-default-applications/new-imp solves it, please test:
elementary-test-merge https://code.launchpad.net/~voldyman/switchboard-plug-default-applications/new-imp/+merge/148035

[Clearflower (flowc111)]

I tried switching music players again after the 2/20 update. "Defaults" now works for me as it should.