Re: File Types and Associations ???

From: Scott Talbot (talbotscott_at_cox.net)
Date: 06/30/05

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    Mike McCarty wrote:

    > Scott Talbot wrote:
    >
    >> Duncan Lithgow wrote:
    >>
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    >>> Alistair Mackay wrote:
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>> In Fedora, where are the default file type associations set? i.e what
    >>>> happens when a file is 'double-clicked'?
    >>>> And how are the list of applications on the file type 'right-click'
    >>>> menus set?
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> If you right click on a file and dig around a bit you'll find the
    >>> options, you may need privelages to change it though. Both gnome and
    >>> KDE
    >>> have a central graphic dialogue where all associations can be changed -
    >>> have a look around. In KDE it's Control Center > KDE Componants > File
    >>> Associations
    >>>
    >>>
    >> In GNOME, right click the file, select properties. Open the open
    >> with tab. Select from the list of applications, or press the Add
    >> button, if your app is not in the box already.
    >>
    >> Scott
    >>
    > Nice explanation. How does one add to the list?
    > For example, I downloaded Adobe Acrobat, and it
    > installed itself as /usr/local/Acrobat5/bin/acroread
    > but when I try using Gnome to open PDF files, it
    > lists
    >
    > Open With->Other Application->(select one of)
    >
    > ggv not in menu
    > GNOME PDF VIEWER in menu for "PDF document"
    > xpdf not in menu
    >
    > So there seems not to be an option to use it.
    > I'm sure there is a way to configure this, but
    > it isn't obvious. There is a button there
    >
    > "You can configure which programs are offered
    > for which file types in the File Types and Programs
    > dialog. ...... go there"
    >
    > Clicking that brings up a dialog box which has
    > a "browse" button. But browsing down to
    > acroread and installing it removes the path
    > information. For example, looking right now,
    > I see "acroread" is in there. I put it in there
    > with the browse, but it doesn't show up as an
    > option for opening, nor as the default.
    >
    > Mike
    >
        Go into the properties dialog and select the Open With tab . Find
    the ADD button near the bottom. Another dialog will open that will list
    all the apps in your Menus. If Acroread did not install an icon, select
    the "use a custom command" just under the "menu-selector box". You
    should now see a standard Gnome- file selector box, just navigate to
    /usr/local/Acrobat5/bin/acroread and select Open - That's it!

    Scott 

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