"Open with Other Application" remember feature does not work

[komputes]

Binary package hint: nautilus

In Nautilus "Open with Other Application" has a "Remember this application for $FILETYPE files" feature which is enabled by default and also does not work.

Expecting:
1) Not on by default, as this may be used for one-off, opening a file in another program.
2) If it's checked, it should remember the program selected

WORKAROUND:
- right click the file in question
- select PROPERTIES all the way down in the popup menu
- go to "open with" tab
- select an application that should be used by default
- profit every time you double click

[Sense Egbert Hofstede (sense)]

Thank you for helping with making Ubuntu and its file manager Nautilus better by reporting this bug. An upstream report confirms this issue, so I'm linking that bug report to this issue and marking the bug as Triaged since all necessary bug triaging steps have been taken.

[Mannerheim (mannerheim)]

This is also present in x86_64.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the bug has been fixed upstream now

[Michael Nagel (nailor)]

is there any chance of that fix reaching the lucid repos?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the corresponding change is http://git.gnome.org/browse/nautilus/commit/?id=9192dd8faffd788acf54a3b98de48cd1252dd9a6, it's not on the lucid backport list for now though but could be if we get extra request for it

[David Leon (fongsled)]

We're planning on sticking with Lucid until the next LTS. Given that this is a very basic issue that affects every desktop user I would have to request for this to be backported. Is there any specific place to request this?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

right, the number of users subscribed to the bug is low and there is no duplicate so it's low on the stable update list, the change will be uploaded to the current unstable distribution to be tested then backported to lucid later on

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package nautilus - 1:2.30.1-1ubuntu2

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nautilus (1:2.30.1-1ubuntu2) maverick; urgency=low

  * Backport upstream changes
  * debian/patches/git_correct_delay_logic.patch:
    - git change to fix a logic error in the directory loading code which
      create a delay to have some shortcut actions to work after loading
      directory (lp: #390662)
  * debian/patches/git_correct_display_name.patch:
    - correctly display the applications names
  * debian/patches/git_correctly_set_default.patch:
    - correctly set the new default software when this one is changed
      (lp: #550004)
  * debian/patches/git_default_thumbnails.patch:
    - set default thumbnails to 64 for better layouting (lp: #497728)
  * debian/patches/git_browser_title_cleaning.patch:
    - clean the title of the file browser dialogs (lp: #439227)
  * debian/patches/git_clean_by_name_rename.patch:
    - 'Change "Clean Up by Name" to "Organize Desktop by Name"' (lp: #388949)
  * debian/patches/git_double_click_launcher.patch
    - 'Ignore > 2 clicks in the icon container' (lp: #389663)
  * debian/patches/git_ctrlq_close.patch:
    - 'Change 'Close all Windows' shortcut to Ctrl+Q.' (lp: #563226)
  * debian/patches/git_store_session_passwords.patch:
    - store the mounts passwords for the session (lp: #392589)
  * debian/patches/git_no_double_browse_entry.patch:
    - don't list a "browser" menu items in browser mode it's the default
      (lp: #388091)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:11:29 +0200

[Mannerheim (mannerheim)]

This should be fixed as having such basic functionality broken in a long term release looks really unprofessional.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

> This should be fixed as having such basic functionality broken

it has been fixed some hours before your comment as the bug log indicates, note that the is no point to argue on whether the bug is annoying or not, it's not a blocker issue because for most users and in most cases the right softwares are used by default, the bug will be fixed anyway once the fix is confirmed to do its job

[mhotze (m-hotze)]

I've just upgraded Nautilus to 1:2.30.1-1ubuntu2, but the problem is still there.

[Chris Billington (cjbil1)]

Still experiencing this bug in Nautilus 1:2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1 under ubuntu 10.10

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

lucid has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the lucid task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".