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Command in "Select an application to open" dialog  
Written by pyrokinetiq the 9 May 13 at 06:36. Related project: Nautilus. New
Currently if you wish to open a file in a program that doesn't display on the "Select an application to open" dialog (right-click a file > Open with > Other Application), you simply can't open that file in your program of choice from nautilus without editing the defaults.list.
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Solution #1: Allow custom commands
Written by pyrokinetiq the 9 May 13 at 06:36.
Add a text field to the dialog that allows users to specify a command to use to run the selected file, as well as a "Make default" check box that when checked will change the line for the mime type of the selected file to use the entered command instead of the current default program.

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