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Results of testing Mozilla bug #444440 patch (v3).
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Helper chooser dialog suggests to open with "gedit.desktop". However, if "Other..." is selected from the list, and the file-browser dialog cancelled, Open With displays "Text Editor (default)".
If the "OK" button is pressed when "gedit-desktop" is displayed no error is reported but no helper is launched. If the "OK" button is pressed when "Text Editor (default)" is displayed, the "Download Error" dialog appears and reports that the helper application can't be launched - in other words, the same problem as reported by this bug originally.
.gz file
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Helper choose dialig suggests to open "firefox 3.0.1". However, if "Other..." is selected from the list, and the file-browser dialog cancelled, Open with displays "Archive Manager (default)".
If the "OK" button is pressed when either "firefox 3.0.1" or "Archive Manager (default)" is displayed the "Download Error" dialog appears and reports that the helper application can't be launched.
.pdf
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Helper chooser dialog suggests to open "Document Viewer (default)". Pressing the "OK" button launches the helper application (evince) as expected.
So, in summary, the mozilla patch doesn't solve the issue and, if anything, makes it more confusing.