Fergal Daly wrote: > [...] > > So let me rephrase my points > > 1 there are multiple tools which do roughly the same thing - see, > gnome-open and probably k-something-or-other and no unified location > for preferences for these tools > > 2 multiple tools which do roughly the same thing is no problem > > 3 multiple locations for the same preferences is a bad thing and while > sometimes necessary, should be avoided where possible > > 4 if you don't already know the name of the tool, you are unlikely to > be able to find it > > 5 "open" seems to be the obvious name for such a tool. It was the > first thing I tried, it's what's left when you remove "gnome-" from > "gnome-open", it's the verb that appears under every File menu I've > ever seen. It seems quite discoverable. "edit" is also quite > discoverable however if you're just trying to open something to see > it, you're unlikely to try "edit" > > 6 open is currently a symlink to /usr/bin/openvt - the fact that it's > a symlink and that "man open" talks about "openvt" not "open" makes me > thing that it's ripe for reclamation. > > So I am suggesting that Ubuntu would be improved by reclaiming > /usr/bin/open from the console-tools package and replacing it with an > alternatives-based link to a file opener, on Ubuntu -gnome-open, on > Kubuntu - k-something etc etc. Ideally they would all have the same > interface but even without that it would be good. > > It would also be great to have a central mime-type -> action database. > I think that's part of freedesktop but unless see and edit pay > attention to it, the problem is not fully solved, > > F > > [...]
Good proposal IMHO. I had similar experience. It would be a subtle but a true Ubuntu-spirit improvement. The command on OS X for this is 'open' too btw. Concerning mime-types, the existing method of editing mime-types by right-clicking and add Applications to open a file with works okay for User-specific options, but I would like to see a gui that can set System wide associations. regards, Dries Desmet. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
