How to add a custom program to "Open With" list of programs in Xubuntu 13.04? How to associate a file with a program to open it with?

Question

How to associate file types with Sublime Text 2? have downloaded Sublime Text 2. I've unpacked it in /opt/Sublime Text 2/ directory.

Now I want to open all .conf files with ST2. But I can't set this easily. Xubuntu doesn't offer ST2 in the list of Open With programs.

I do:

right-click on the fonts.conf >> Properties... >> Open With >> Other Application.

And an Open With window appears. And it doesn't have ST2 application.

How either to add ST2 to the Open With list or how to associate a file with ST2?

UPD:

Similar questions and are not answered:

associate program to a file where program is not in list

How to associate file types with Sublime Text 2?

why are simple things getting hard in Ubuntu (Xubuntu)?

Solution 1

I found this way. And without any command line typing, which is good.

1. In "File Manager" right click on a file (e.g. file.conf) you want to be opened by Sublime Text 2 (or any other application).

2. Choose "Properties". A window titled file.conf - Properties should appear.

3. In its tab "General" click "Open With:" and then choose "Other Application...". A window titled Open With should appear.

4. At the bottom of this window select "Use a custom command:" option and then "Browse...".

5. Browse to the necessary executable, Sublime Text 2, for example.

The most important part now: before click Ok put the selected path into double quotes, e.g.:

"/opt/Sublime Text 2/sublime_text"

because otherwise it cannot accept the path .

Solution 2

Read this answer: How to associate file types with Wine in Nautilus.

You must create/edit a .desktop file located in ~/.local/share/applications/ or /usr/share/applications/

Locate the Exec= parameter and at the end of the line add %U - it will be replaced with the filename to be opened.

Also see Associating file types in Ubuntu 13.10.

Solution 3

This is what I've just tried:

1. Go to /usr/share/applications or ~/.local/share/applications/
2. Create a new file appName.desktop (appName is the name of the app you want to use)
3. Copy content of any other *.desktop file (I used gedit.desktop)
4. Update the content: Name = , Exec = , ..., with %U being the filename to be opened.
5. Save it.
6. Right click on the file you want to be opened with the appName
7. Go to Properties/Open With and click on 'Show Other applications' 8 Your appName should be there, just select it.

Solution 4

This answer worked for me: Globally associate file type with certain application

1. Download and install deb file for sublime text Eg: from https://www.sublimetext.com/3

2. After installation Check that file sublime_text.desktop exists in /usr/share/applications/

3. Fire terminal and type:

   $ sudo gedit ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list Add the following lines at the end: [Default Applications]

   : (some existing association mappings)

   [Added Associations]

   : (some existing association mappings)

   text/plain=sublime_text.desktop;

   Save and Exit.

This file overrides the /etc/gnome/defaults.list, so all file association goes in to mimeapps.list file.

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Comments

[Admin]

Very similar question: askubuntu.com/questions/115113/…

[Admin]

Good article on adding programs to the "open with" list at [ubuntugenius.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/…

[Admin]

See a better answer by IraGainesUK here

[vishal]

I don't have the option user a custom command :(

[James]

You can add %f to the end of the line instead of %U. Example: Exec=ProgramName %f

[Waldir Leoncio]

"Use a custom command" was removed some time ago, I believe before GNOME 3.0.

[Keith Thompson]

I suspect the quotes are needed only because there's a space in the path.

[rektide]

It's an answer to a different question. Each time you want to add sublime as owner of a file extension, you have to re-do this hacking. The proper answer is to add a /usr/share/applications/*.desktop file, such that whenever you want to open a file with Sublime, it'll be an option in the open file dialog.

[user3653831]

Still not possible with ubuntu 17. Possible with ubuntu 7.

[Vitor Abella]

Working on ubuntu 18.04