On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:19:54 -0500 Ron Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2010-03-20 21:06, Andrew Winnenberg wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Celejar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:24:11 -0500 > >> Ron Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> ... > >> > >>> For example, which apps to use open jpeg files, PDF files, ODF, DOC, > >>> XLS, etc, whether I'm in Thunar, Thunderbird, Evolution, Mutt, > >>> gentoo or any of a dozen other file managers. > >>> > >>> There should be a freedesktop standard for file associations. > >> I guess you're right. It would be nice to be able to set that sort of > >> thing once, and then have all applications respect the choice, at least > >> by default. > >> > >> Well, a quick search seems to indicate that some DEs already have this, > >> e.g. Gnome, with its /etc/gnome/defaults.lst. I guess you want > >> something that's DE independent. > >> > >> Celejar > > > > > > I may be mistaken, but isn't that functionality provided by > > shared-mime-info? > > > > But isn't it system-wide? Yes, as the spec says: "The MIME database does NOT store user preferences (such as a user's preferred application for handling files of a particular type). It may be used to store static information, such as that files of a certain type may be viewed with a particular application." Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
