Bug 309204 - mime type inode/directory confuses other software
Summary: mime type inode/directory confuses other software
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: filelight
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 1.11
Platform: Debian testing Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Martin Sandsmark
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Reported: 2012-10-29 17:38 UTC by Adrien
Modified: 2012-11-09 00:10 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Adrien 2012-10-29 17:38:49 UTC
Hi,

Probably do to the mimetype "inode/directory" used for filelight, it is
opened erroneously by firefox (and probably other software) when it
tries to open a local directory. To reproduce, open the downloads
windows of firefox after downloading a file. Right click the file and
select "open containing folder".

filelight is not usable as a normal directory browser, so it should
not list mimetype inode/directory.

This bug was reported on the Debian bug tracker a (too) long time ago, and I confirm it still exists :
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=398999

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2012-10-29 23:55:46 UTC
You can order the applications using "keditfiletype inode/directory". There, move "Filelight" down.
Comment 2 Adrien 2012-11-07 11:32:33 UTC
Hi,

We can lower the priority of filelight, but it may be better not to associate filelight with the mime type inode/directory, as it is not a file browser ?

The decision of keeping the mime type association or not is yours.

Regards,

Adrien
Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2012-11-07 13:40:19 UTC
filelight needs this property, so it can be selected in Konqueror as a view mode for the directory.
Comment 4 Martin Sandsmark 2012-11-09 00:10:38 UTC
It is a file browser (it can even open files, try right clicking on one), so the mimetype association makes sense, it's also nice to be able to right click on/in a random directory and view it with Filelight (i. e. it isn't just needed for the Konqueror integration).

It should never be the default file browser though, but I believe that is a known bug in Firefox (and one of the reasons I dropped Firefox myself).