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"Open With" menu won't show what I need - how can I control it or replace it?

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What is shown in the "open with" submenu of the right-click-on-the-image menu keeps changing & doesn't correspond to what other programs see as suitable programs for the file (which isn't consistent either). I suspect this is more a general linux problem than a Viewnior problem.

What I'd really like to do is add entries to the main part of the right-click-on-the-image menu that invoke scripts thus:

script-on-path_A.sh /path/to/this/image/filename.ext
script-on-path_B.sh /path/to/this/image/filename.ext

and comment out the "open with" submenu altogether, so that the menu remains static & has exactly what I want, in the order I want, and nothing else, and stays that way.

I downloaded the source, but I couldn't figure out where to make the changes. If somebody could point me in the right direction, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Second choice:
Failing that, could somebody tell me how to at least get Viewnior to recognize one script as belonging in the "open with" menu? And keep it from disappearing? Maybe a file I could chmod -w if I could ever get it right to begin with? I've been mucking with desktop files and lists and xdg-this-and-that commands for days now.

Thanks.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

If you right click a file then select open with then select to remember the association I think it adds to the options in the right click menu in Gnome / Unity. Worth a try. You can always associate it with a different application to roll back.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

This may still apply
https://askubuntu.com/questions/317392/how-to-add-a-custom-program-to-open-with-list-of-programs-in-xubuntu-13-04-ho

Backup any files you edit before you edit them so you can roll back easily

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My name (plmalternate) said : 		#3

Thanks, but those answers don't really address the problem.. I have no trouble getting a script or other executable on the menu, but it isn't stable. Anytime I open with something else it changes position at the least and often vanishes. I've given up on this. What I really want is to be able to edit the context menu anyway.

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