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?
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.
This is what I've just tried:
- Go to
/usr/share/applications
or~/.local/share/applications/
- Create a new file
appName.desktop
(appName
is the name of the app you want to use) - Copy content of any other *.desktop file (I used
gedit.desktop
) - Update the content:
Name =
,Exec =
, ..., with%U
being the filename to be opened. - Save it.
- Right click on the file you want to be opened with the
appName
- Go to Properties/Open With and click on 'Show Other applications' 8 Your appName should be there, just select it.
I found this way. And without any command line typing, which is good.
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).Choose "Properties". A window titled
file.conf - Properties
should appear.In its tab "General" click "Open With:" and then choose "Other Application...". A window titled
Open With
should appear.At the bottom of this window select "Use a custom command:" option and then "Browse...".
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 .