And with Ubuntu 21.10, it's gotten worse. The "Executable Text Files" preferences is gone. The dconfg property executable-text-activation is gone. Double clicking still opens the file in gedit.
But at least "run as a program" was added to the right-click menu, so that's good, I guess? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1433774 Title: When double clicking an executable bash script in file manager, it opens in gedit rather than executing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1433774/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
