On 7/8/19 5:51 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> On 7/8/19 2:44 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 7/8/19 2:24 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>>> In my various file managers (Thunar, Krusader), when I right
>>> click on a file and select Open With, I get a list of
>>> programs.
>>>
>>> How do I remove items from this list, especially the
>>> repeats?
>>
>> Just a bit of info. If you right click on one of the list of applications
you'd see
>> "Remove Launcher" grayed out.
>> That is because the files being referenced are *desktop files in
/usr/share/applications.
>>
>> Some may seem to be duplicates but really are not. The Name in the *desktop file
is
>> duplicated but the exec in the file is not.
>>
>> An example of this is org.freedesktop.IBus.Panel.Emojier.desktop and
>> org.freedesktop.IBus.Panel.Extension.Gtk3.desktop.
>>
>> Both have Name=Emoji Choice but one has
>>
>> Exec=/usr/libexec/ibus-extension-gtk3
>> and the other
>> Exec=ibus emoji
>>
>> The *desktop files are placed there when applications are installed.
>>
>> dnf whatprovides
/usr/share/applications/org.freedesktop.IBus.Panel.Emojier.desktop
>>
>> shows it is provided by the ibus package as is
>>
>> dnf whatprovides
/usr/share/applications/org.freedesktop.IBus.Panel.Extension.Gtk3.desktop
>>
>
>
> I am talking about from within Krusader and thunar. If I right
> click on a file in krusader, then left click on Open With, I get
> a list of possible programs to open the file with. If I right
> click on anything in the list, it is the same as left clicking
> and the file opens in that program
I thought you meant this image using thunar.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1em2CL_s9-nhGfGsULdE66ihWVvmoeur5/view?us...
That is it as well. Right clicking on it starts
the program. I get about 16 leafpads for .txt files.
I want to prune it down to leafpad.