{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/8781","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/8781/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/8781/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/8781/events","html_url":"https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/8781","id":106315080,"number":8781,"title":"Atom not visible under \"Other programs\" in order to \"open with\" or set as default in Ubuntu","user":{"login":"ar-jan","id":1176293,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1176293?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ar-jan","html_url":"https://github.com/ar-jan","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ar-jan/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ar-jan/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ar-jan/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ar-jan/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ar-jan/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ar-jan/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ar-jan/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ar-jan/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ar-jan/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/labels/bug","name":"bug","color":"f7c6c7"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/labels/linux","name":"linux","color":"c7def8"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2015-09-14T10:39:20Z","updated_at":"2016-06-15T10:23:30Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I installed the latest Atom 1.0.11 on Ubuntu 14.04 by opening atom-amd64.deb in Ubuntu's software center and installing from there. Next, when right-clicking a plain text file, Atom is not listed for \"Open with\", nor is it listed under \"Other applications\". This means it also wasn't possible to set it as the default program for .txt.\r\n\r\nAdding `%f` at the end of the line `Exec=/usr/share/atom/atom ...` in ~/.local/share/applications/atom.desktop made Atom available in the `Open with` menu/tab. (not sure if this is Ubuntu-specific)."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/comments/226147948","html_url":"https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/8781#issuecomment-226147948","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/8781","id":226147948,"user":{"login":"gokhansolak","id":6887994,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6887994?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/gokhansolak","html_url":"https://github.com/gokhansolak","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gokhansolak/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gokhansolak/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gokhansolak/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gokhansolak/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gokhansolak/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gokhansolak/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gokhansolak/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gokhansolak/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gokhansolak/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-06-15T10:23:30Z","updated_at":"2016-06-15T10:23:30Z","body":"I'm on Ubuntu 14.04, adding %f or %F didn't solve the issue for me. \r\n\r\nTried many things with Desktop Entry: Adding removing properties, changing Exec to 'atom %F' (without path), adding MimeType of the file type I'm interested in, changing the Name to 'Atom1' (to avoid a possible collusion), and other minor changes. With and without %F or %U. None has worked.\r\n\r\nI work with sudo, so file is saved properly."}}
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