I agree I think the default behavior in Nautilus Preferences should be "Ask what to do" for "Executable Text Files"
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences executable-text-activation ask -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1924932 Title: Nautilus default behaviour for executable scripts is poor Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This is a papercut / quality of life issue that's really annoying me. On other file managers, if you set an .sh file as executable, it will offer to do something. With Ubuntu + Nautilus, it always by default just opens it in a text editor. This is really annoying and frankly a bad default to have. I know there's the right click menu to run as program, but since Ubuntu is trying to appeal to the masses here, good default behaviour is needed IMO. Example: you download a Linux game from GOG, you make it executable and then you double click to run -> wait a while as text editor tries to load a multiple GB installer .sh script, which is made with MojoSetup (it's a graphical app). Other file managers first ask what to do with a box like: "run? open as file? run in terminal?". Ubuntu should ideally do this too. I just don't think auto-opening big .sh executable files by default, in a text editor, is very good for users. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1924932/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
