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On 7/17/07, Lindsay Haisley <fmouse-gentoo@×××.com> wrote: |
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> On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 21:32 -0700, Canek Peláez wrote: |
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> > On 7/16/07, Michael Chaffin <chaffinmichael@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > I have a small problem with Nautilus (nautilus-2.16.3) when double |
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> > > clicking on a Microsoft Word Document (*.doc) does /not/ open with |
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> > > Open Office (openoffice-bin-2.2.1). |
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> > [snip] |
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> > > What is my 'vendor'? I am not even sure 'desktop-file-install' is the |
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> > > correct tool. Suggestions please. |
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> > Mmmh. You don't mention it in your mail, so I have to ask: have you |
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> > tried to right click a .doc in nautilus and set the "Open with" tab? |
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> > It works with all the documents of the same mime type, not only with |
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> > the one you right click. |
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> Look in ~/.local/share/applications. I've had good luck configuring |
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> default file handling applications by adding/modifying files in this |
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> directory. You'll also want to make sure that your ~/.mime.types or the |
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> global /etc/mime.types file contains a proper entry associating the |
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> filename extension with a MIME type of application/msword. |
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Very good tip ... I will keep that one safe in my inbox for a while. |
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This will be 'option B' in the future because Canek Peláez Valdés |
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suggestion worked best. |
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