Bug 511741

Summary: File associations: chemical/x-gaussian-log files must not list *.log and *.out (or with lower priority than text/*)
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: Torsten Eichstädt <walter.von.entferndt>
Component: kcm_filetypesAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: faure, kdedev
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.4.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: FreeBSD Ports   
OS: FreeBSD   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Torsten Eichstädt 2025-11-07 00:50:17 UTC 
SUMMARY
The default "file type" for *.log files is and will always be: (general, unspecified) log file.  In most cases, these are text files, thus the correct file association is "text/x-log".  The extension *.out is e.g. by default used by the compiler (the famous "a.out" file), and is generally used to store any (thus unspecified) kind of output into a file.  These two extensions should be general and not be specific.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Enable "open in embedded viewer" for text files, e.g. in konqueror.
2. Open a folder that contains *.log files in konqueror
3. Klick on a *.log file

OBSERVED RESULT
The file is opened with kate (default for "chemical/x-gaussian-log")

EXPECTED RESULT
The file should be opened in the embedded text viewer

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
FreeBSD: 14.3-RELEASE-p5
Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.18.0
Qt Version: 6.9.3

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The real error is that the one who did this does not use a clean environment to produce distribution files.  One can change the association of *.log files in one's private environment, but these changes must never change the sane defaults for files that go into a software distribution.
Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-11-14 00:22:03 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. So that we can try to reproduce the bug and investigate, we need some additional information.

In File Associations on Plasma 6.5.2 there is not an entry for "chemical/x-gaussian-log" by default. Did you install an application that added this, or did you add it manually?

Also, konqueror isn't available on Linux anymore, and most of our developers are using Linux. Can you provide another set of steps to reproduce the problem?

Thanks.
Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2025-11-29 03:46:06 UTC 
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Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2025-12-14 03:46:11 UTC 
🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.