The Open With... menu only thinks it is hidden for sh and desktop files.
The expectation is that if I select Geany in the file properties, then
a) appear in the Open With.. menu (I can select it)
b) two mouse clicks on the file will also cause Geany to open the file: at least, the sh scripts.
Another weird thing is that if I set two applications for files (sh or desktop) in the file properties -and this is the default anyway- it works "foolproof".
If it is set in ~/.config/ in the mimeapps.list file (shortcut),
what happens is that in the Open With... menu, I see, Open With: Geany appears, but if I double-click on the file, LibreOffice Writer opens it.
This is when I select LibreOffice as the default association! When I select Geany as the default application, LibreOffice appears as the menu to open with, and when I double-click Geany, the file opens. This is some kind of reverse operation.
Now, let's ignore the desktop settings in the example, because on that, if I double-click, I'm launching the application...
The Open With... menu only thinks it is hidden for sh and desktop files. However, it is definitely expected to work here.
The things I have done:
1) I edited the geany.desktop file in /usr/share/applications/ and added four new settings at the end of MimeTypes=:
file /usr/bin/geany
/usr/bin/geany: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, BuildID[sha1]=30eed5a4b099db1e2e8e0382edabca21dc748da0, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, stripped
The bug was sent to Debian Bug Tracking (reportbug) a few minutes ago. If I get a confirmation, I will link it immediately.
What's interesting is that my Ubuntu-using friends have also mentioned the problem, i.e., something "general" might be the cause.
I get the URL now:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1067673
If it is set in ~/.config/ in the mimeapps.list file (shortcut),
[Default Applications] application/x-desktop=libreoffice-writer.desktop application/x-shellscript=libreoffice-writer.desktop
[Added Associations] application/x-shellscript=geany.desktop;libreoffice-writer.desktop; text/x-shellscript=geany.desktop; text/x-desktop=geany.desktop; application/x-desktop=libreoffice-writer.desktop;geany.desktop;
what happens is that in the Open With... menu, I see, Open With: Geany appears, but if I double-click on the file, LibreOffice Writer opens it. This is when I select LibreOffice as the default association! When I select Geany as the default application, LibreOffice appears as the menu to open with, and when I double-click Geany, the file opens. This is some kind of reverse operation. Now, let's ignore the desktop settings in the example, because on that, if I double-click, I'm launching the application...
The Open With... menu only thinks it is hidden for sh and desktop files. However, it is definitely expected to work here.
The things I have done:
1) I edited the geany.desktop file in /usr/share/applications/ and added four new settings at the end of MimeTypes=:
text/x-shellscript;text/x-desktop;application/x-shellscript;application/x-desktop;
2) a) I have checked the contents of the mimeinfo.cache file (/usr/share/applications/), and I see that it contains the correct settings:
application/x-shellscript=geany.desktop;vim.desktop; application/x-desktop=geany.desktop; text/x-shellscript=geany.desktop
b) I put this in,
text/x-desktop=geany.desktop;
then I ran it.
sudo update-desktop-databaseThe contents of the file have been updated.
And I ran it.
sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime3) And I copied the geany.desktop file from /usr/share/applications/ to ~/.local/share/applications/.
None of the solutions helped...
inxi -Szxxx System: Kernel: 6.7.10-3-liquorix-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: MATE v: 1.26.0 info: mate-panel wm: marco v: 1.26.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
file -b --mime-type install.sh text/x-shellscript
xdg-mime query filetype install.sh application/x-shellscript
file -b --mime-type geany.desktop text/plain
xdg-mime query filetype geany.desktop application/x-desktop
which geany /usr/bin/geany
file /usr/bin/geany /usr/bin/geany: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, BuildID[sha1]=30eed5a4b099db1e2e8e0382edabca21dc748da0, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, stripped