[Bug-gnash] [Bug 84526] Re: Gnash menu launcher (/usr/share/applications/gnash.desktop file) doesn't start any application, also gnash isn't asociated with SWF mimetype

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This bug was fixed in the package gnash - 0.8.4-0ubuntu1

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gnash (0.8.4-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * LP: #84526 - Gnash menu launcher (/usr/share/applications/gnash.desktop
    file) doesn't start any application, also gnash isn't asociated with SWF
    mimetype; we dont show gnash in the .desktop launcher; we add
    NoDisplay=true, add a GenericName and Comment for the sake of
    completeness. Also we add the proper MimeType value, remove Encoding,
    don't use absolute paths for icon and exec and dont use specific icon
    file format suffix.
    - update debian/gnash.desktop

 -- Alexander Sack <address@hidden>   Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:06:54 +0200

** Changed in: gnash (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

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Gnash menu launcher (/usr/share/applications/gnash.desktop file) doesn't start 
any application, also gnash isn't asociated with SWF mimetype
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/84526
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Status in GNU Flash movie player: Triaged
Status in “gnash” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
Status in “gnash” source package in Baltix: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: gnash

Currently no programs opens if user press on Gnash menu launcher ("Gnash SWF 
Viewer" in Applications->AudioVideo category, see 
/usr/share/applications/gnash.desktop file).
This is because in gnash.desktop is a line "Exec=/usr/bin/gnash", but when you 
run /usr/bin/gnash in terminal you see, that this command displays only help if 
started without arguments.

Simply solution would be to create a one-line shell script, which displays a 
file-selection dialog and starts gnash when user selects a file:

/usr/bin/gnash `zenity --title="Select a Flash (.swf) file to display" 
--file-selection`

Also there is missing a MimeType line in gnash.desktop - you should add this 
line:

MimeType=application/x-shockwave-flash;

I'm attaching fixed gnash.desktop file (Lithuanian translation is added as 
bonus ;) to this bugreport.