** Description changed: - In Oneiric, you cannot change the program used to open a file to a non-standard program. - I use the daily build of Libreoffice, which is loaded in the /opt/ folder. - There is no way I can get to the program from the oeneric interface other than by calling the program up in a terminal. + In Oneiric, you cannot change the program used to open a file to a non-standard program. + I use the daily build of Libreoffice, which is loaded in the /opt/ folder. + There is no way I can get to the program from the oeneric interface other than by calling the program up in a terminal. This is incredibly inconvenient. + + TEST CASE: + 1. Launch Nautilus (Launcher -> Files) + 2. Right-click on a file + 3. On the contextual menu select "Open With / Other Application ..." or "Open with other application..." + 4. On the untitled dialog click on "Show other applications" + + Result: + There is a list of "Recommended Applications" and "Other Applications" but no way to select/add an application other than those being on the list. + + Expected: + Ability to add an application to the list from the UI ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: ubuntu-desktop (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-1.2-generic 3.0.0-rc3 Uname: Linux 3.0-1-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Jun 19 22:42:27 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110426.1) ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=en_US:en - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=en_US:en + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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