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[James Pursey <853061@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Title:
  New "Open with" in right click dialogue box does not allow custom
  commands

Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi

  I dnn't know if this is a bug or a feature request. But it seems to me to be an oversight, and so I'm posting it as a bug. 
  I have found the new "Open with..." option when right clicking a program has become too watered down, to the point that it sometimes becomes useless. In 11.10 there is the new "Find applications online" option. Fair enough, this is a feature that was already incorporated in Windows XP and it might be time to have it in Ubuntu. The trouble is, though, that if the online search is unfruitful, and the application doesn't appear in the list when pressing the button " Show other applications" it is now not possible for the average person to association an executable programme with an application. For example, I have installed the Atari800 emulator. If I download a game, right click the game and look for Atari800 in the list of applications, I do not find it: and the "Find applications online" function doesn"t find any programme to run with it either. The trouble is that there is no longer a "Launch custom command" option, nor the possibility of navigating to the application with Nautilus and clicking on the application once found.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: nautilus 1:3.1.90-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Sep 18 09:29:06 2011
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: nautilus
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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