** Description changed: - $ quickly edit - crashes if gedit is not installed. + $ quickly edit crashes + if gedit is not installed. This problem can be replicated with 11.04-0ubuntu1.1 on natty and 11.10-0ubuntu1 on oneiric. - It is not a duplicate of #483917 because there is no dependency problem. + It is related to but not a direct duplicate of #483917 . $ EDITOR=gnome-text-editor quickly edit works fine if a editor providing /etc/alternatives/gnome-text-editor is installed. (i.e. leafpad) - quickly edit should chose a alternate editor if gedit is not present, - use /etc/alternatives/gnome-text-editor instead of gedit or - the package needs to depend on gedit directly instead of "gedit | editor". + quickly edit should chose a alternate editor if gedit is not present. + I.e. by using /etc/alternatives/gnome-text-editor instead of gedit. + A simple but bad workaround would be to let the package depend on gedit directly instead of "gedit | editor". - It might also be a good idea to introduce /etc/alternatives/x-editor or - /etc/alternatives/x-text-editor . + Since none of the editors providing /etc/alternatives/gnome-text-editor lists a virtual package named "gnome-text-editor" under "Provides:" we can not depend on that. + This should be changed! + + It might also be a good idea to introduce /etc/alternatives/x-text- + editor with the virtual package named "x-text-editor".
** Description changed: - $ quickly edit crashes - if gedit is not installed. + $ quickly edit + crashes if gedit is not installed. This problem can be replicated with 11.04-0ubuntu1.1 on natty and 11.10-0ubuntu1 on oneiric. It is related to but not a direct duplicate of #483917 . $ EDITOR=gnome-text-editor quickly edit works fine if a editor providing /etc/alternatives/gnome-text-editor is installed. (i.e. leafpad) quickly edit should chose a alternate editor if gedit is not present. I.e. by using /etc/alternatives/gnome-text-editor instead of gedit. A simple but bad workaround would be to let the package depend on gedit directly instead of "gedit | editor". Since none of the editors providing /etc/alternatives/gnome-text-editor lists a virtual package named "gnome-text-editor" under "Provides:" we can not depend on that. This should be changed! It might also be a good idea to introduce /etc/alternatives/x-text- editor with the virtual package named "x-text-editor". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/862302 Title: Quickly fails if gedit is not installed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quickly/+bug/862302/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
