When you double click a file (not a launcher) in nautilus, and a program's been associated with it, then the file should load up in the program. The program should also be started with startup notification. This is the default behavior, see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107544 The problem is, with gnome 2.8's new mime system, it doesn't work. How would I fix this? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
the bug should be refiled vs 2.8
There are some related upstream bugs at: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103560 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147994 and one here, which mentions that this effects metacity as well http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161322
this seems the most relevant upstream thread to follow http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161322
