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Bug 363063 - Make "edit" the default action for unrecognized file types
Summary: Make "edit" the default action for unrecognized file types
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 357242
Alias: None
Product: Orion
Classification: ECD
Component: Client (show other bugs)
Version: 0.3   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
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Reported: 2011-11-07 11:34 EST by Mark Macdonald CLA
Modified: 2011-12-01 09:32 EST (History)
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Description Mark Macdonald CLA 2011-11-07 11:34:16 EST 
Orion 0.3 11/02

1. Go to the Navigator.
2. Create a new file with some unknown-to-Orion extension (foo.rb, foo.sh, foo.c, or whatever)
3. Click on the new file.
4. You'll get a blank page.

When Orion doesn't have an association for a filetype, it gives you a link to view the file instead of edit it. This is confusing. It would be better to have a limited set of types (PNG, GIF, JPG. etc) that we know how to view, and make everything else get a link to the default editor.

Or if we're worried about accidentally feeding a binary file to the editor, we could have an "edit/view?" prompt.
Comment 1 Mark Macdonald CLA 2011-12-01 09:32:27 EST 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 357242 ***