The dialog comes from gtk, upstream already stated that programs need to provide a .desktop and it's not the filemanager/selector job to create those. They don't plan to add that feature to gtk itself but it's easy enough to create a such entry
** Package changed: nautilus (Ubuntu) => gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/799585 Title: cannot change "open with" option to non-standard program To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/799585/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs