Re: [Ayatana] Executable file dialog box...

On Tuesday 21,September,2010 09:20 PM, Luke Benstead wrote: > On 21 September 2010 13:54, Remco > > wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 12:38, Luke Benstead > wrote: > > I'm wondering if we need this dialog at all, surely we can code

Re: [Ayatana] Executable file dialog box...

On 21 September 2010 13:54, Remco wrote: > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 12:38, Luke Benstead wrote: > > I'm wondering if we need this dialog at all, surely we can code in a > little > > bit of logic here. How about: > > > > If the file is executable and: > > > > 1. If the file is binary and the exten

Re: [Ayatana] Executable file dialog box...

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 12:38, Luke Benstead wrote: > I'm wondering if we need this dialog at all, surely we can code in a little > bit of logic here. How about: > > If the file is executable and: > > 1. If the file is binary and the extension not associated to a program, > attempt to run it > or

[Ayatana] Executable file dialog box...

Hi everyone, We all know that on Linux any file can be marked as executable and unlike Windows we don't rely on the extension of the file to determine that. But this of course leads to ambiguity when someone double clicks a file from Nautilus, should the file be executed or displayed? The current