wxmaxima is not in the 'open with' nautilus menu

[David López]

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[Original Report]wxmaxima saves sessions in wxmx files. This files are identified as zip files and opened with file-roller in nautilus (I would prefer wxmaxima instead of file-roller, but it's not a bad idea because I think wxmx files are only xml files with zip compression, so this is not a bug). However I'd expect that I can open them with wxmaxima at least with right click in a wxmx file, but wxmaxima is not in the 'open with another application' menu in nautilus, and I think this is a bug.

I'm using ubuntu 11.10 64 bits and wxmaxima 11.04.0-1. I've solved this problem:

1- sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/wxmaxima.desktop
2- Replace the line

 Exec=wxmaxima

with the line

  Exec=wxmaxima %U

Now wxmaxima is in the 'open with' menu, and wxmx files can be open from nautilus

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wxmaxima graba las sesiones en archivos wxmx. Estos archivos aparecen identificados como zip y en nautilus se abren por defecto con el Gestor de archivadores (pienso que sería mejor que lo hicieran con wxmaxima, pero tiene sentido porque creo que los archivos wxmx son en realidad xml comprimidos con zip, así que éste no es el fallo). El fallo es que uno esperaría al menos poder abrir los archivos desde nautilus con el botón derecho, pero en el menú 'Abrir con otra aplicación' no está wxmaxima.

Uso ubuntu 11.10 64 y wxmaxima 11.04.0-1. He resuelto el problema haciendo lo siguiente

1- sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/wxmaxima.desktop
2- Cambio la línea

 Exec=wxmaxima

por

  Exec=wxmaxima %U

Ahora wxmaxima sí aparece en el menú 'Abrir con otra aplicación y ya se pueden abrir los archivos wxmx directamente desde nautilus

[Frank S. Thomas (fst)]

On Tuesday 08 November 2011 23:15:15 David López wrote:
> However I'd expect that I can open them with wxmaxima at least with
> right click in a wxmx file, but wxmaxima is not in the 'open with
> another application' menu in nautilus, and I think this is a bug.

Thanks for your report, I've forwarded it to
https://github.com/andrejv/wxmaxima/pull/185

Cheers,
Frank

[David López (david-lopez-upct)]

Thanks for your answer, Frank. I didn't know the standards in the exec key: http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s06.html. After reading them I think that %f is more accurate for wxmaxima than %U

Wishes,

David.

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Gracias por tu respuesta, Frank. No conocía los estándares de la clave exec, después de leer http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s06.html creo que el modificador %f encaja mejor en wxmaxima que %U.

Un saludo,

David.

[Frank S. Thomas (fst)]

FYI: This bug has been fixed in Debian with the upload of 12.01.0-1: http://packages.qa.debian.org/w/wxmaxima/news/20120117T211933Z.html

[David López (david-lopez-upct)]

Thanks Frank, I'll be aware if it's solved in future release.

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Gracias Frank, estaré pendiente de si está solucionado en la siguiente versión.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package wxmaxima - 12.01.0-1

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wxmaxima (12.01.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - Registers text/x-wxmaxima-batch as MimeType for wxMaxima documents.
      (closes: #626525)
    - Indicates in the desktop file that a filename can be passed as command
      line argument to wxMaxima. (LP: #887806)
  * Updated debian/copyright according to the latest DEP5 specification.

 -- Frank S. Thomas <email address hidden> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:27:27 +0100

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

As indicated by the modified description this bug report needs to have some additional information to be considered as a candidate for a Stable Release Update fix. Could you please fill in the missing information in the bug description so that we can upload your debdiff. Thanks in advance!

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

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[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release