I am using Ubuntu Edgy. I can do either of the things you suggest; however, the point of this bug is that this should work by default, without requiring additional configuration.
Gerv -- "Run Application" dialog does not run applications in ~/bin https://launchpad.net/bugs/64064 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
