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[Sebastien Bacher <seb128@xxxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 862662 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/862662

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 862662
   no startup notification when opening files

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Title:
  No busy cursor when opening a file with a non-GTK app

Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: nautilus

  A similar bug was filed 2 years ago for Openoffice (Bug #411035). I'm
  filing this new report as it seems to me that it does not affect
  openoffice or libreoffice in particular, but all non-GTK apps. Please
  feel free to mark this as duplicate and change the affected package in
  bug #411035 if needed.

  This bug could be a good papercut for the oneiric cycle, as it affects
  a lot of people, has a rather important effect on the default desktop
  experience and should be quite easy to fix (though i have no idea on
  how to do that).

  Opening a file from nautilus or from the unity file lens with a non-GTK application does not display a busy cursor while the application is starting. This behavior raises two problems:
   * The desktop experience is inconsistent, as GTK and non-GTK apps do not behave the same way.
   * Most importantly, on slow (i.e. netbooks) and middle-range computer, the application may take several seconds to start, without any feedback to the user. Most of the time, i have experienced that the user believes that the computer is not doing anything. He/she double-clicks again (and again). Then the file opens twice or more times. Frustrating.

  Applications that I have tested: Libreoffice, VLC, Scribus, Audacity.

  Steps to reproduce:
   * Open a libreoffice file from nautilus or the Unity file lens.
   * or... open any other file with a non-GTK app (VLC / .avi, Scribus / .sla, Audacity / .mp3 etc.)

  Observed : nothing, until the application starts
  Expected: a busy mouse cursor is displayed until the application starts

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: nautilus 1:2.32.2.1-0ubuntu13
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Jun 16 11:29:09 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=es_DO:fr:en
   LANG=es_DO.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: nautilus
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-30 (46 days ago)

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