Ubuntu
planner package

When opening an XML file for a specific application (in this case planner) nautilus complains that the file type is wrong

Bug #47549 reported by John Meuser
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Nautilus
Invalid
Unknown
planner (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: nautilus

When I attempt to open a *.planner file with a double-click, nautilus
sees that it is an XML file. It refuses to open it with a double-click,
and you must use the open with submenu to open it. It shouldn't compain
that it is an XML file... since planner uses XML files.

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Open up planner, add some stuff, and save it as a .planner file
2. Double-click on the .planner file in nautilus

Actual Results:

Nautilus will complain about the contents and refuse to open it without
using the submenu

Expected Results:

Nautilus should just open the file without complaints... the .planner
extension should be enough.

How often does this happen?

Every time.

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John Meuser (meuserj) wrote : Screenshot of error message

The error message is also pretty wordy... that shoud probably also be reduced.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug. What version of Ubuntu do you use? A similar issue has been fixed to dapper

Changed in nautilus:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Lionel Dricot (ploum-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

This happens with a lot of file types. This is a long standing and very annoying bug :-(

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi

Changed in nautilus:
assignee: desktop-bugs → nobody
status: Needs Info → Confirmed
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Lionel Dricot (ploum-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Seb : This bug is still present, unfortunatly, in Dapper.

(I must admit that I dist-upgraded my Dapper two days ago, so if there is a fix, it's a fresh one)

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John Meuser (meuserj) wrote :

Yes, this bug is present in Dapper as of this morning.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

That's a planner issue, the previous upload with the patch got rejected, I'll reupload a fixed version, marking as duplicate of #41772

Lionel, there is some bug upstream about what do when nautilus refuses to open something due to a broken mimetype but that doesn't mean we should not fix wrong descriptions like that one, usually bugs are due to shared-mime-info (or the app if that's the app itself which ships the mimetype description like that's the case for that one)

Changed in nautilus:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Confirmed → Rejected
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Lionel Dricot (ploum-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Thanks for the information, will care about that.

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Changed in nautilus:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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