Importing files: Some file types (.tex, .odt) only show up under "All files"

[Tobias Hilbricht]

Am Dienstag, den 25.02.2020, 17:29 +0100 schrieb Pavel Sanda:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 04:58:52PM +0100, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 09:46:47AM +0100, Tobias Hilbricht wrote:
> > > Thank you for your quick response!
> > > 
> > > I have attached the screenshots "LyX_import_LaTeX.png" and
> > > "LyX_import_all_files.png", which illustrate the problem.
> > 
> > Without looking at the code it seems we are passing control to 
> > the open dialog of your desktop manager.
> > What are you running there (gnome?)
> > 
> > I guess we need to find that out in order to reproduce.
> 
> With looking at the code I have idea what could be the problem.
> 
> Could by chance try the following experiment:
> 1. find configure.py of your lyx installation
> 2. find string "LaTeX (plain)" there and replace it by "LaTeX
> .plain.", save file
> 3. reconfigure lyx
> 4. try whether import starts showing .tex files
> 
> This would not be proper fix, but we just check possible culprit.
> 
> Pavel

Dear Pavel,
I did steps 1 - 4, but .tex files do not show up. Regarding to my
desktop, I am using GNOME 3.28.4 as it comes with Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS.

Tobias