| Summary: | in root mode, editor specified in Konfigurator>Basic Operations>Viewer/Editor>Editor window is ignored | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] krusader | Reporter: | muh2lintech |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Krusader Bugs Distribution List <krusader-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED NOT A BUG | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | krusader-bugs-null, toni.asensi |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | 2.8.1 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Mint (Ubuntu based) | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
Dear reporter, I could not reproduce your problem (using Kubuntu 25.04 and the git version of Krusader). Can you: - Execute `sudo -i krusader` (just in case, to try to avoid what is described in <https://askubuntu.com/questions/539494/how-to-force-krusader-to-use-ubuntus-file-associations/835963#835963>, as seen on <https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/35338/su-vs-sudo-s-vs-sudo-i-vs-sudo-bash/35342#35342>). - Write your `sudo -u username-f16 /usr/bin/kate` command in "Settings > Configure Krusader > General > Viewer/Editor > Editor field". - Exit Krusader. - Execute `sudo -i krusader`. - Double-click on a text file. ? If the problem persists, could you perform the same steps although writing `sudo -u username-f16 -H /usr/bin/kate` (instead of `sudo -u username-f16 /usr/bin/kate`) in "Settings > Configure Krusader > General > Viewer/Editor > Editor field"? If you use F4 to edit the text file (instead of double-clicking the file), do you find any problem?
If you execute
sudo -i
xdg-mime query default text/plain
what do you see?
If you press Alt+Return on a file, can you find an option to change the program that is used to open text files?
To open text files, can you use a shell script that executes your `sudo -u username-f16 /usr/bin/kate` command?
🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME. For more information about our bug triaging procedures, please read https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging. Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone! I need a little more time to get to this. I hope this comment keeps the bug alive. Hi Toni, First, thank you for your informative responses. I tried: - Write your `sudo -u username-f16 /usr/bin/kate` command in "Settings > Configure Krusader > General > Viewer/Editor > Editor field". - Exit Krusader. - Execute `sudo -i krusader`. - Double-click on a text file. and it loaded Xed instead of Kate. I then tried: If the problem persists, could you perform the same steps although writing `sudo -u username-f16 -H /usr/bin/kate` (instead of `sudo -u username-f16 /usr/bin/kate`) in "Settings > Configure Krusader > General > Viewer/Editor > Editor field"? and it loaded Xed instead of Kate. But it worked when I: If you use F4 to edit the text file (instead of double-clicking the file), do you find any problem? So, hitting F4 loads Kate instead of Xed, but double-clicking on a file loads Xed. I also tried: root@framework-16:~# xdg-mime query default text/plain org.x.editor.desktop root@framework-16:~# I checked the file /usr/share/applications/org.x.editor.desktop. At the bottom it says: Exec=xed %U Terminal=false Type=Application StartupNotify=true MimeType=text/plain;application/x-zerosize; Icon=accessories-text-editor Categories=GTK;Utility;TextEditor; Keywords=xed;text;editor;tabs;highlighting;code;multiple;files;pluggable;notepad; X-MATE-DocPath=xed/xed.xml Actions=new-window; [Desktop Action new-window] Name=New Window Exec=xed --new-window %U If I were to replace xed with kate, would that enable double-clicking on a file in Krusader to use kate all the time? I wrote "If you press Alt+Return on a file, can you find an option to change the program that is used to open text files?" to try to associate text files with Kate; in the end, the way depends on your system (you wrote "Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble").
> If I were to replace xed with kate, would that enable double-clicking on a file in Krusader to use kate all the time?
Maybe that will work (it depends on your system).
> So, hitting F4 loads Kate instead of Xed, but double-clicking on a file loads Xed.
> [More information]
OK, it's not a Krusader bug. I will close this bug report.
It WORKED!! "If you press Alt+Return on a file, can you find an option to change the program that is used to open text files?" to try to associate text files with Kate; After setting up the various options, eg. running kate as a user other than root, it worked. Thank you Toni, you're a great help! |
SUMMARY When running Krusader ver 2.8.1 in root-privileged mode, the editor I specified in Konfigurator>Basic Operations>Viewer/Editor>Editor field is ignored. It uses xed instead. What I put in the window: sudo -u user1 /usr/bin/kate sudo is necessary because kate will refuse to run as root. Even if I just use /usr/bin/kate by itself, Krusader ignores it. Why is this? STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. run Krusader in root mode 2. put sudo -u username-f16 /usr/bin/kate in Konfigurator>Basic Operations>Viewer/Editor>Editor field 3. exit Krusader 4. start Krusader in root mode 5. double-click on a text file OBSERVED RESULT xed is used instead of kate EXPECTED RESULT kate would be used instead of xed or any other editor SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS System: Kernel: 6.8.0-60-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble