Cannot open text file #3939

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1. georgweiss commented on Sep 28, 2026

   

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   @sifriede, how did you trigger the open action?
2. sifriede commented on Sep 28, 2026

   

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   Dear Georg,

   Inside the file browser app I've double clicked on test.txt

   

   Best regards
   Simon

   P.S: But I see what your question could be refering to. Using an action button it perfectly opens the text file with gedit.
   I thought this setting would also apply to the file browser.

   
3. kasemir commented on Sep 28, 2026

   

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   Is there no message on the console?
   When gedit is not available, it should look like this:

   2026-09-28 10:06:37 WARNING [org.phoebus.framework.jobs] Job 'gedit' failed
   java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "gedit" (in directory "/Users/xxx"): Exec failed, error: 2 (No such file or directory) 
   	at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1112)
   	at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1046)
   	at org.phoebus.framework.jobs.CommandExecutor.call(CommandExecutor.java:116)
   	at org.phoebus.framework.workbench.ExternalApplication.lambda$create$1(ExternalApplication.java:87)
   
4. georgweiss commented on Sep 28, 2026

   

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   From the error dialog it looks like there's a blank char prepended to the file name, but would need to investigate more to confirm. Can test only on Ubuntu and Mac OS (where it works).
5. sifriede commented on Sep 28, 2026

   

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   No, really, there is nothing appearing on the Error log:
   (Here I've cleared the log, before clicking)

   
6. kasemir commented on Sep 28, 2026

   

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   I think the space is from the format in messages.properties that has a space after the Cannot open\n'

   OpenAlert1=Cannot open\n  
   OpenAlert2=,\nsee log for details
   
7. kasemir commented on Sep 28, 2026

   

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   There's actually no such space (pas d'espace) in the French version:

   OpenAlert1=Impossible d'ouvrir\n
   OpenAlert2=,\nvoir le journal pour plus de détails