Linux: wrong display of applications in "Open with.." menu
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 4:17 pm
I opened once a JPEG file from XnView MP 0.76 (same w/ 0.78) using gimp-2.8 (`gimp`is also available, but I use both gimp-2.6 and gimp-2.8, which executables filenames are installed by the relevant packages). XnView MP remembered that, good point, but now it proposes "gimp-2" in the list of applications (Open with..), instead of gimp-2.8.
My guess is that it's trying to name the application by removing the ending extension (.
like it's removing .exe on Windows, but this is definitely irrelevant in GNU/Linux, there is no real file extension for executables, what matters is how it is opened and by what.
My guess is that it's trying to name the application by removing the ending extension (.
like it's removing .exe on Windows, but this is definitely irrelevant in GNU/Linux, there is no real file extension for executables, what matters is how it is opened and by what.