Closed Bug 525506 Opened 15 years ago Closed 15 years ago

Preferences/Applications should use commandlines, not applications

Categories

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

x86
Linux
defect
Not set
minor

Tracking

()

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 57420

People

(Reporter: bwpearre, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20091010 Iceweasel/3.5.3 (Debian-3.5.3-2) Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20091010 Iceweasel/3.5.3 (Debian-3.5.3-2) Helper applications often will want commandline options passed to them. For example, if I want audacious to open application/x-ogg files in a new playlist, then I should be able to set the handler to "audacious -E" so I don't destroy a previous playlist, or perhaps "audacious --sm-client-disable". Similarly, not all applications will take a filename on the commandline: some might need "foo -f <filename>". Or perhaps "nice foo -f %s" etc. As it is, I can only use applications that do not need options. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Go to "Edit / Preferences / Applications" 2. Select a file type, and try to specify an application that requires a commandline option. Actual Results: There is no way to control the helper program. Expected Results: Let me enter a commandline, not just the name of a binary. Or perhaps add a column for options. Workaround: create a one-line helper script for each such application But that's more of a hassle than necessary, and I'll end up with lots of random one-line scripts. Messy and annoying.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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