Bug#510692: [Fwd: Re: Bug#510692: closed by Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org> (Bug#510692: fixed in nautilus 2.24.2-2)]

[Julien Valroff]

With the attachments, all my apologies


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De: Julien Valroff <julien at kirya.net>
À: 510692 at bugs.debian.org
Sujet: Re: Bug#510692: closed by Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org>
(Bug#510692: fixed in nautilus 2.24.2-2)
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:24:14 +0100

Le mercredi 07 janvier 2009 à 10:14 +0100, Josselin Mouette a écrit :
> Le mardi 06 janvier 2009 à 19:30 +0100, Julien Valroff a écrit :
> > I do not think this bug should have been closed.
> > 507630.
> > 
> > The problem I have tried to describe in #510692 is that it is not
> > obvious how the user can set which is a preferred application when a
> > media is inserted.
> > 
> > I do not think it is related with g-v-m, but the way nautilus registers
> > an application as the default one for a kind of media (eg. f-spot or
> > gthumb in my previous example).
> 
> The problem was that there were two interfaces to define the defaults,
> and two actions initiated when a medium is inserted. This leads of
> course to a lot of confusion since you think you have configured an
> action, and another one takes place.

Yes, that's clear.

> With both nautilus 2.24 and g-v-m 2.24 the only place to configure them
> is in the nautilus preferences.

But even like this, it is not clear how an application is set as the
preferred one in nautilus. I think I haven't explained the issue
correctly, let's take an example again:

For pictures, I like nautilus to open a folder when I connect my DSLR.
The parameter defined in the nautilus preferences are : "open folder"
(see screenshot #1)

In the open nautilus folder, I can see a message: "open gThumb image
viewer" (screenshot 2).
However, I want nautilus to propose opening f-spot and NOT gThumb.
How do I do that? I cannot find it documented anywhere, but have managed
to find the following procedure:
1/ set f-spot as default action in the nautilus preferences and validate
the choice
2/ set the option back to "open folder"
3/ nautilus proposes to open f-spot when a media containing pictures is
inserted (screenshot #3)

I think this can be very confusing for the users, as not intuitive at
all, even more as not document (as far as I have been able to search).

Hope this helps you understand the issue.

Cheers,
Julien





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