Show file not working in ubuntu 11.10

MEV10 · November 21, 2011

In Ubuntu 11.10 when I click show file in an attachment Zotero opens a window asking which program to use and It doesn't show the File in the File system.

Is there any fix?.

Thanks.

dstillman · November 21, 2011

The reveal() command that we use isn't supported on Linux, since there's no built-in file manager as on other platforms. If the reveal() command fails, Zotero tries to launch the parent folder via the OS. And if that fails, Zotero converts the parent path to a file URL and loads that.

This may be somewhat dependent on system settings. This apparently has worked for other Linux users in the past. I'm not sure there's anything we can do about this in Zotero itself.

mbentley · November 23, 2011

I had the same issue, but on "Show file" zotero asked me for a program to deal with the request, and I pointed it to /usr/bin/nautilus and it works OK now.

Regards, Mark

dstillman · January 27, 2014

https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/32009/right-click-show-file-opens-image-viewer-on-text-files-and-other-types/