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mtpaint package

mtpaint's desktop file uses URL instead of file when opening

Bug #1714264 reported by Rudolph P on 2017-08-31

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	mtpaint (Ubuntu)	Triaged	Low	Łukasz Batek

Bug Description

== Steps to reproduce ==
1. Using pcmanfm, right click on an image
2. Select "Open with mtpaint" or if that's not an option, select "Open with.." and select mtpaint from the "Graphics" section

== Expected behaviour ==
mtpaint opens the image

== Actual behaviour ==
mtpaint displays an error message "Cannot open file"

== Workaround ==
Edit /usr/share/applications/mtpaint.desktop and change the Exec line from:
Exec=mtpaint %U
to
Exec=mtpaint %f

== Affected Versions ==
3.40-3

See original description

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Rudolph P (roprop) wrote on 2017-08-31:

Error message Edit (32.3 KiB, image/png)

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Rudolph P (roprop) wrote on 2017-08-31:

Patch implementing fix Edit (455 bytes, text/plain)

Please see attached file/patch implementing the suggested fix

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2017-08-31:

The attachment "Patch implementing fix" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2019-04-05:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in mtpaint (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl) on 2019-04-07

Changed in mtpaint (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl) on 2019-04-07

Changed in mtpaint (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Triaged
status:	Triaged → Confirmed
status:	Confirmed → Triaged
importance:	Undecided → Low

ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl) on 2019-04-07

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ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl) wrote on 2019-04-07:

I can confirm this to be true in the 3.40-3 version which specifically had a change from Debian:

* MIME-type information was added in mtpaint.desktop (Closes: #774502).

That said, imagining an SRU for so small and so easy a change is unlikely, so we'll likely not see this fixed in any released versions of *buntu.

Furthermore, the primary maintainers of LXDE, the Lubuntu team, have moved on to LXQt as of 18.10 and with it a whole different set of apps. The last version of Lubuntu with mtpaint in it was 18.04 which will be supported until April 2021.

Additionally, it seems that mtpaint hasn't been updated in years (2 or 7 depending on where you're looking). I'd pretty much call it dead. Therefore, I would really suggest looking into some other option for your needs.