[Pkg-games-ubuntu] [Bug 880114] Re: cannot associate bin and a26 files with Stella

[Damian Yerrick]

Someone else already got to the Nautilus report: bug 853061. I noticed
the same problem in Mednafen and reported it as bug 886912.

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Title:
  cannot associate bin and a26 files with Stella

Status in “stella” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I cannot associate .a26 files (executables for Atari 2600 Video
  Computer System) with Stella (Atari 2600 emulator).

  steps to reproduce:

  1. in a terminal, sudo apt-get install stella
  2. Download FlapPing, a homebrew game for 2600:
     visit http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=2705
     and click the pie chart icon next to "Download ROM"
  3. open the archive
  4. drag FlapPing.bin out of the archive
  5. rename FlapPing.bin to FlapPing.a26
  6. right-click and choose Open With Other Application...
  7. click Show other applications
  8. click Find applications Online

  expected:
  Stella appears in the list after step 7, or I can enter a custom
  command after step 7, or I can click a button to browse the file
  system after step 7, or Stella appears in the list after step 8.

  actual:
  Stella does not appear in either list, and I cannot enter a custom
  command, and there is no button to browse the file system.

  Either this is a problem with Stella not appearing in menus, or it
  is a problem with Nautilus not allowing associating file types with
  applications that do not appear in the menus.  Versions of Ubuntu
  prior to 11.10 had either a custom command or browse button (I forget
  which).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: stella 3.4.1-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Oct 22 18:09:18 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  SourcePackage: stella
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-20 (2 days ago)

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