No worries! Incase you change your mind or become curious (or someone reading these messages does!), it was 'nautilus-actions' i was thinking of (http://askubuntu.com/questions/449009/encrypt-file-with-asc-extension-from-nautilus) good instructions here - you can make your own context menu items (the one mentioned in the link lets you use seahorse to encrypt with a different extension just by right-clicking) to personalise nautilus to your workflow.
On 17/08/14 14:38, mac wrote: > On 16/08/2014 22:58, Anthony Harrington wrote: > [snip] >> mind if i ask what version of /seahorse /and /seahorse-nautilus >> /you're running, for completion's sake? And also which version (of >> ubuntu?) you upgraded from? But it does sound like you're fully up to >> date > > Upgraded 12.04 LTS to 14.04.1 LTS. (I use Gnome Classic.) And, yes, > seahorse and seahorse-nautilus are up to date. > > I had similar problems with nautilus + seahorse on 12.04 for a good > while, and then it was suddenly OK (I guess an update fixed it, though > which I'm not sure). Presumably the fix is broken again in the upgrade > to 14.04; but as the issue involves seahorse and nautilus, a request > to get someone to mend it is apt to fall between two stools. And not > being a software engineer myself, I find the bug-reporting process on > launchpad to be an impenetrable, arcane ordeal, which I fear makes me > lose the will to live. > > However... > >> but there is(was?) a nemo-seahorse, so you might also solve this by >> switching to another file manager that has a similar extension? > > ...this is an excellent suggestion. I'll have a go at installing nemo > from the ppa. Nemo does indeed have a seahorse extension. Many thanks > for this idea! > >> Hope this issue is solved for you soon! > > Thank you, and thank you, too, for your thoughtful and detailed reply > - most helpful! > > mac > -- Launchpad translator and linux chemist ^_^ https://launchpad.net/~untaintableangel
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