Comment 5 for bug 725189

ah, and I see the prior default is now in the list, so that is probably the
strategy to rewrite that list, simply enter in the apps one at a time,
ending with the one I want as the default.

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 2:10 AM, Glen Luscombe <email address hidden>wrote:

> Hi teledyn,
>
> Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and make Ubuntu better. I
> hadn't had a chance to confirm the bug yet, hence it's incomplete
> marking.
>
> I have tried to replicate the bug using vlc as the 'Open With'
> application, however I can both see it in the list, and nautilus
> remembers to use it after being selected.
>
> Does this only happen with vlc? Can you reassign say a .mp3?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/725189
>
> Title:
> OpenWith/OtherApp does not 'remember' the selected app
>
> Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: nautilus
>
> When selecting a file of some type or a directory, the Open With menu
> shows a list of apps and the option to Open Other Applications that
> gives a dialog listing all the apps (some several times) with a
> checkbox to 'Remember this application' -- so far as I can tell, it
> never remembers; I have been using VLC to open video files for as long
> as I can remember, and VLC still is not in the list, and I have never
> selected gmplayer to open video files, yet it is in that list. Also,
> in opening a directory I frequently use VLC to open DVD image
> directories, yet here again VLC has never migrated into that select
> box.
>
> Can the select list be edited or reset to reflect the choices I
> actually use?
>
> I am currently using Ubuntu 10.10, but so far as I recall this
> behaviour has been in Nautilus since the beginning.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
> Package: nautilus 1:2.32.0-0ubuntu1.3
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-25.44-generic 2.6.35.10
> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-25-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Fri Feb 25 14:06:44 2011
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=en_CA.utf8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: nautilus
>
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