> Sure it is tricky, this is why I asked, as I am also not 100% sure which >would be better to do. :) It's not that difficult. Nautilus pops up a question dialog asking what the user would like to do in this situation, giving the option to view the file as a text file or run it as a script. Regards, Robert. On 28/01/2008, Andras Mantia wrote: > On Monday 28 January 2008, Richard Moore wrote: > > I think this is a tricky question, anyone got a good answer? A > > further twist, if the file with executable bit set is actually on a > > remote server (eg. by ftp) what should happen then? > > Sure it is tricky, this is why I asked, as I am also not 100% sure which > would be better to do. :) > > Andras > -- > Quanta Plus developer - http://quanta.kdewebdev.org > K Desktop Environment - http://www.kde.org > >