"edit file.tm" with texmacs installed destroys file.tm

[David Hugh-Jones]

Binary package hint: texmacs

To reproduce, copy a texmacs .tm file. Then from the command line run "edit file.tm".

Result:
1. texmacs opens empty, without loading file.tm
2. file.tm's contents are silently overwritten with the words:
TeXmacs] With linked TrueType support

Expected:
1. open file.tm in texmacs, do not destroy it!

Fix:
make the following change to /usr/lib/mime/packages/texmacs: replace "edit=/usr/bin/texmacs" with "edit=/usr/bin/texmacs %s". Presumably the source package is buillding this incorrectly. (If you do this as a workaround, be sure to run "sudo update-mime" afterwards.)

[Apteryx (maxco)]

I can confirm that Texmacs cannot open a file from the MIME information and deletes its content.
Reproduced on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron (with all updates).

To open a file, one is obliged to open first Texmacs and then go to "File -> Load"

I can also confirm that the workaround works (thanks, David!) Now I can right click the file, and chose GNU Texmacs to open it.