Choosing between multiple programs to open a file #3812
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What system are you running Yazi on?
Linux Wayland
What terminal are you running Yazi in?
kitty 0.44.0
yazi --debugoutputYazi Version: 25.5.31 (Nixpkgs 2025-05-30) Debug : false Triple : x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (linux-x86_64) Rustc : 1.91.1 (ed61e7d7 2025-11-07) Ya Version: 25.5.31 (Nixpkgs 2025-05-30) Emulator TERM : Some("screen-256color") TERM_PROGRAM : Some("tmux") TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: Some("3.6a") Brand.from_env : None Emulator.detect : Emulator { kind: Left(Kitty), light: false, csi_16t: (9, 20), force_16t: false } Adapter Adapter.matches : Kgp Dimension.available: Dimension { rows: 50, columns: 106, width: 954, height: 1000 } Desktop XDG_SESSION_TYPE : Some("wayland") WAYLAND_DISPLAY : Some("wayland-0") DISPLAY : Some(":0") SWAYSOCK : None HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: None WAYFIRE_SOCKET : None SSH shared.in_ssh_connection: false WSL WSL: false Variables SHELL : Some("/run/current-system/sw/bin/zsh") EDITOR : Some("nvim") VISUAL : None YAZI_FILE_ONE : None YAZI_CONFIG_HOME: None YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS: None FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS: None Text Opener default : Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true }) block-create: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true }) block-rename: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true }) Multiplexers TMUX : true tmux version : tmux 3.6a tmux build flags : enable-sixel=Supported ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None Zellij version : No such file or directory (os error 2) Dependencies file : 5.45 ueberzugpp : No such file or directory (os error 2) ffmpeg/ffprobe: 8.0 / 8.0 pdftoppm : 25.10.0 magick : 7.1.2-13 fzf : 0.67.0 fd/fdfind : 10.3.0 / No such file or directory (os error 2) rg : 15.1.0 chafa : 1.18.0 zoxide : 0.9.8 7zz/7z : 25.01 / No such file or directory (os error 2) resvg : 0.45.1 jq : 1.8.1 Clipboard wl-copy/paste: 2.2.1 / 2.2.1 xclip : No such file or directory (os error 2) xsel : No such file or directory (os error 2) Routine `file -bL --mime-type`: text/plainDescribe the question
Is there a way to choose between multiples programs to open a file ?
By that I mean: I have a pdf file and I would like to open it either with firefox or inkscape (pdf/svg editor). same for images, be able to choose between image viewer and gimp (editor).
when I put multiples apps in mimeapps.list yazi only opens the first one in the list and doesnt let me choose.
Anything else?
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