Bug#798475: vim: when opening file from file manager with Open With --> Vim, only xterm is used

Jayson Willson jaysonwillson245 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 10 04:14:15 UTC 2015


> Tags: newcomer
I have accidentally added it when using Reportbug gtk-frontend. Will be
more careful next time.

> It looks like that would be gvfs-backends, so I'll reassign there to start.
Seems wise.

On Wed, Sep 09, 2015 at 07:44:46PM -0400, James McCoy wrote:
> Control: reassign -1 gvfs-backends 1.22.2-1
> 
> On Wed, Sep 09, 2015 at 10:04:28PM +0300, Jayson Willson wrote:
> > Tags: newcomer
> 
> The newcomer tag is supposed to indicate that this is a good bug for a
> newcomer to fix.  I'm not sure if that's how you were using it.
> 
> > When I try to open any file with Vim from File Manager (thunar, nemo, caja
> > tested) using Open With dialog and choose option provided by
> > /usr/share/applications/vim.desktop, Vim is always opened in xterm (and failure
> > happens, if xterm is not present), disregarding which terminal is used as x
> > -terminal-emulator provider. In this .desktop file "xterm" is not mentioned,
> > only
> > "Terminal=true" is stated.
> 
> As you state, the .desktop file doesn't declare that xterm must be used,
> so this is happening due to whatever thunar/nemo/caja are using to
> invoke an application when a .desktop file specifies “Terminal=true”.
> It looks like that would be gvfs-backends, so I'll reassign there to
> start.
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> James
> GPG Key: 4096R/331BA3DB 2011-12-05 James McCoy <jamessan at debian.org>

-- 
Yours sincerely, Jayson Willson



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