-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bjørge Solli wrote: > Robert Moonen wrote: >> Bjørge Solli wrote: >>> System: Fedora 7 x86, Gnome 2.18.3. >>> >>> Please let me know if this Q is more suited for a fedora list. >>> >>> when opening the attached ASCII-file, prod.mod, nautilus complains: >>> --- >>> The filename "prod.mod" indicates that this file is of type "Amiga >>> SoundTracker audio". The contents of the file indicate that the file >>> is of type "plain text document". If you open this file, the file >>> might present a security risk to your system. >>> >>> Do not open the file unless you created the file yourself, or >>> received the file from a trusted source. To open the file, rename the >>> file to the correct extension for "plain text document", then open >>> the file normally. Alternatively, use the Open With menu to choose a >>> specific application for the file. >>> --- >>> >>> Even if I use Properties, Open with, and selects a text editor as >>> default it still won't open if I double click it. >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >> Don't open it, save it to disk, execute the mv command, as so: >> >> bjørge@machine-name:~$ mv prod.mod prod.txt >> >> or so then open it with your favourite text editor. >> > > that sounds like a strange way to solve it since .mod is the correct > suffix for this type of ASCII-file. Why can it not open it if it ends in > .mod when I want it to do that? I do understand what the text says, but > I know opening this file is not a security risk. This "security measure" > seems very dumb and I would like to remove it. Because .mod is by definition and historically an amiga mod file, which is a kind of music file. If you really want to you can break with tradition and change your preferences to indicate to Gnome that it should open *all* ,mod files with a text editor, that is entirely your choice. cheers Robert -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG/Q1XR3H8POzUb78RAs2wAJwL7yft3nyBcOIDf8eSjLgGy/BWGACfee0H LDiDwbP9tVz21+POBt50I5k= =EZUq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
