[gentoo-amd64] frustrated - configure mime types for browser

[Steve Herber]

I have searched the web and failed.  I hate to bother the group but I know
the answer is here.  Thanks in advance.

My problem is how to configure galeon and firefox to use the right helper 
applications on my Gentoo computers.  For a long time most helper 
applications, such as xpdf for PDF files, just worked.  But during the
past few months, with the typical gentoo updates, I have lost the ability
to get the right application chosen for the different mime types.  It 
seems that over time the Linux desktop environment is getting more 
complicated than a Windows computer and it seems like a sad state to me.
Either that, or I am missing some simple piece of information.

I have two desktops, both amd64.  One wants to run gimp for each PDF
while the other runs adobe.  I would like to change them both to use
xpdf or at least change the one from Gimp to adobe.

If anyone can give me a few pointers, I would appreciate it.

Thanks,
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Software Engineer, UW Medicine, IT Services	home: 425-454-2399