[ubuntu-za] Nautilus "open with"

Raymond Barbour xraya4t at gmail.com
Tue Apr 10 15:43:53 UTC 2012


Right click on the file and select properties. There is a open with tab.
Raymond
On Apr 10, 2012 5:23 PM, "Bill Cairns" <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Miles <msdomdonner at gmail.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com>
> > Reply-to: Ubuntu South African Local Community
> > <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Subject: [ubuntu-za] Nautilus "open with"
> > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:11:36 +0200
> >
> > How does this assignment of application to files work? At one stage I
> > did an "Open with" Calibre of a .pdf file and (I presume" left the
> > "Always use..." box ticked. . Since then, every time I click on a .pdf
> > file Calibre grabs it - this despite my trying to reassign them to the
> > document viewer. I have a similar problem with bash script files - it
> > has decided that AbiWord is the correct application to open them when
> > I click on them and select "Open with". Gedit - my preferred
> > application does not even appear as an option despite my going to "Use
> > other application" and selecting it.
> >
> > I am not sure when these problems started, but they have been going on
> > for some time. I have been running 10.04 since it was released and the
> > problem was certainly not there from the beginning. It has really
> > become a nuisance since calibre started grabbing all the .pdf fines -
> > my Calibre library is beginning to have lots of strange "eBooks" in it
> > that I am not likely to ever load onto my reader!
> >
> >
> > Hi Bill. right click and open with other application, then choose what
> > you want to use to open them. untick the remeber this block if you only
> > want to go that route once
> > Hope this helps
> > Miles
>
> Thanks Miles - yes I know that is how it is supposed to work. But in
> my case it doesn't.
>
> I have just done it again.
>
> Right click on a .pdf file.
>
> Up comes the drop down menu:
> Open with Calibre
> Open with Document Viewer
> <some other choices>
> Other Application
>
> I chose Other Application, select Document Viewer, leave "remember
> this application for "PDF" files" ticked
>
> Document viewer opens up. I close it.
>
> Right click on the same .pdf file
>
> I get exactly the same drop down menu as before with Calibre heading
> up the list.
>
> Something fishy?
>
> Bill
>
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