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On Tuesday 23 December 2008, Dale wrote: |
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> Robert Bridge wrote: |
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> > On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:34:26 -0600 |
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> > |
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> > Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> Mick wrote: |
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> >>> Hi All, |
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> >>> |
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> >>> I am trying out the Gentoo File Manager, but have run aground with |
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> >>> the way it opens certain types of files. How can I create an |
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> >>> association to e.g. use xpdf to open pdf files and OOo (oowriter) |
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> >>> to open .odt and .doc files? All I get now is a plain text editor |
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> >>> firing up and opening such files. Same applies with pictures, |
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> >>> videos, etc. |
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> >> |
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> >> For those that are stumped like I was, it looks neat. |
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> >> |
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> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_(file_manager) |
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> >> |
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> >> I wish this was in portage. I'd like to give this a ride and see how |
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> >> I like it. Any reason it is not in portage? Does it look neat but |
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> >> suck in real use or something? I use Konqueror for mine right now |
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> >> but curious. |
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> > |
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> > It is in portage, app-misc/gentoo |
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> > |
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> > However, it's a glib-1/GTK-1 package, so it's pretty outdated in terms |
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> > of toolkit. |
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> > |
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> > RobbieAB. |
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> |
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> Hey I looked but missed that one. There is a good bit of stuff with |
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> Gentoo in it so I missed the very one I was looking for. May give that |
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> a look if the dependencies are not to much. |
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> I wonder how many people think that is Gentoo the OS and they can just |
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> "emerge" it? LOL Sort of funny in a way. |
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I also use Konqueror as a file manager, because it just works (TM) - well |
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except for printing to PDF which lately is playing up . . . but I digress. I |
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am running Fluxbox which is lighter than KDE and when I just want to poke |
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around a GUI quickly I have found that Konqueror (or any KDE application) |
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takes quite a few seconds to fire up. Gentoo (file manager) pops up in no |
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time at all and uses less resources. |
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However, as originally stated it will by default open files using a plain text |
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editor which is less than useful with binary files. I tried to set it up to |
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use a more relevant to the file format viewer (e.g. xpdf for pdf files, etc) |
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but have failed to get it to work properly. Does anyone know how to |
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configure this feature? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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