double-click does not open the default program
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Published on 2012-06-13T02:37:11Z
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I installed Ubuntu 12.04, with texlive-full
and texworks
. When I double-click a .tex
file in Nautilus, it pops up a
Do you want to run "xxxxxxxx.tex", or display it contents?
"xxxxxxxx.tex" is an executable text file.
Run in Terminal Display Cancel Run
If I choose Display
, it opens texworks
. How can I make it open without seeing the above conversation window?
By the way, is .tex
file indeed an executable file?
ADDED
Just for the case, my ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
file looks like the following:
[Default Applications]
text/html=google-chrome.desktop
x-scheme-handler/http=google-chrome.desktop
x-scheme-handler/https=google-chrome.desktop
x-scheme-handler/about=google-chrome.desktop
x-scheme-handler/unknown=google-chrome.desktop
text/x-tex=texworks.desktop
x-scheme-handler/mailto=google-chrome.desktop
[Added Associations]
text/x-tex=texworks.desktop;
text/x-bibtex=jabref.desktop;gedit.desktop;
I observe texworks are both up and down. Should I remove one?
ADDED
This does not happen with all .tex files. In fact, I am currently using Ubuntu 12.04 under Virtual Box with Windows 7 host. I have my Dropbox account synced with the Windows 7 host, and I access files in Dropbox in Ubuntu through Virtual Box's shared folder functionality. (I didn't install Dropbox client in Ubuntu.)
Files in Dropbox are owned by root
with group vboxsf
. My personal account is in the group vboxsf
.
It seems that I have to uncheck the option for "executable", but I have all my .tex files in the Dropbox shared folder. Would there be any workaround?
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