Public bug reported:
E17 set the default app for a filetype each time you right-click a file
and open it with a new program and change the default app for the given
filetype in ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list. However the next
time you try to open the file, it does not use the defaults.list to
select the program to use, but seems to draw it from ?an internal
cache?.
The problem this creates is that you cannot edit manually the
defaults.list and have this new lists used by E17. For example, when
you use the right-click option to shred a .doc file in Quelitu Jazz, the
next time you click on a .doc, it opens the shred dialog. This could be
fixed in the shred script by adding a line to remove the shred entry
from the defaults.list file...
But, while E17 adds the new default app to default.list, it does not use
it to select the what application to use for a filetype. The only thing
that will re-change the default is right-clicking a .doc and selecting a
new app. This is not user-friendly and very problematic/confusing for
newbies.
This appears to be a but E17 can only gain from using the .local list as
other distros do. Leaving it like this will only create problems down
the line.
Please fix. In the meantime, where does the new default app
temporarily stored in E17 (where does is look for the changed default
app?)
Thanks.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: e17 0.17.3-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Nov 16 10:35:16 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-11-15 (731 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: e17
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-19 (27 days ago)
** Affects: e17 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 saucy
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