[Bug 887806] Re: wxmaxima is not in the 'open with' nautilus menu

[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!

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Title:
  wxmaxima is not in the 'open with' nautilus menu

Status in “wxmaxima” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “wxmaxima” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
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  [Development Fix]
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  Broken Behavior: 
  Fixed Behavior: 

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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

  ----------------------------

  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

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