Are .txt attachments in Mail broken for everyone, or just me? [duplicate]

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Are .txt attachments in Mail broken for everyone, or just me? [duplicate]

asked 2014-11-04 18:23:41 +0200

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When I open a .txt attachment in Mail, the Documents application is started, but it doesn't quite show the contents of the file. Instead, what I get is something not resembling a Sailfish application, but rather a screen that shows the path of the file and a small widget I'd guess is a text box. The application doesn't respond to touch. The .txt file doesn't show up in the list of documents afterwards.

Is it just me? I'm running v1.0.8.21 Tahkalampi.

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It's not just you. I see the same behaviour on 1.1.0.39.

The problem is that Documents doesn't support .txt. https://together.jolla.com/question/913/add-support-for-handling-text-files-in-eg-notesdocuments/

ssahla ( 2014-11-04 21:12:38 +0200 )edit

I'm closing this as a kind-a sort-a duplicate. The real issue is pointed out in the comment above, although I do think the default xdg-open behaviour is wrong, because Documents does not support text files.

expr ( 2014-11-05 17:53:19 +0200 )edit

It's not just you. I see the same behaviour on 1.1.0.39.
The problem is that Documents doesn't support .txt. https://together.jolla.com/question/913/add-support-for-handling-text-files-in-eg-notesdocuments/
ssahla ( 2014-11-04 21:12:38 +0200 )edit
I'm closing this as a kind-a sort-a duplicate. The real issue is pointed out in the comment above, although I do think the default xdg-open behaviour is wrong, because Documents does not support text files.
expr ( 2014-11-05 17:53:19 +0200 )edit

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answered 2014-11-04 21:16:15 +0200

drcouzelis

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updated 2014-11-04 21:18:12 +0200

I think Mail uses XDG to open files. By default, "xdg-open" will open a plain text file with "Documents" (which is wrong, in my opinion). If you have "TinyEdit" installed (from OpenRepos) then you can change this setting. From the command line (as user "nemo"):

xdg-mime default tinyedit.desktop "text/plain"

Plain text files should now open in TinyEdit.

(If you want to learn more about how this works, see "~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list".)

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Thanks for the work-around.

expr ( 2014-11-05 18:00:00 +0200 )edit

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Should now be xdg-mime default harbour-tinyedit.desktop "text/plain"

Holger ( 2015-01-01 17:06:10 +0200 )edit

Using SFOS 1.1.4.29, the default app file is named "mimeapps.list" instead of "defaults.list".

TinyEdit opens actually instead of useless "Documents". However, this is only working for mail attachments. Otherwise TinyEdit opens with blank content. Not the selected file.

objectifnul ( 2015-06-12 10:46:16 +0200 )edit

Unfortunately, in current OS version (1.1.7.28) "/root/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list" doesn't exist, so "xdg-mime default" does not work.

objectifnul ( 2015-09-16 01:27:44 +0200 )edit

@objectifnul - Are you running that command as root? The XDG commands are to be run as a regular user, not as root.

drcouzelis ( 2015-09-17 13:39:48 +0200 )edit

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