The wmv and asf problems isn't really a gnome problem. The problem is in the /etc/mime.types file. There were a discussion about this on the freedesktop.org xdg mailing list. What you can do for now, is change the file /etc/mime.types to remove the line "video/x-ms-asf asf asx" (or comment it), and add to the line video/x-ms-wmv the words " asf asx". It should correct this problem. And for the next release of your distribution, just write to the mime-support package maintainer, so that this change is done for everyone.
2005/12/24, Chipzz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > And what about all those incorrectly named .wmv files I have to rename > to .asf because otherwise nautilus refuses to open them? > > kr, > > Jan > > On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, Tor Lillqvist wrote: > > > to 2005-12-22 klockan 08:24 +0000 skrev Shane O'Connor: > > > > > IMHO if we want to get people to shift from Windoze then we're gonna > > > have to ensure the move is painless as possible. That doesn't > > > necessarily we have to mirror windoze behaviour but we should definitely > > > avoid making the default for gnome more cumbersome... > > > > Is there BTW any usability tests, polls, or whatever, that would report > > the usefulness of Windows Explorer's "Hide extensions for known file > > types" that by default is On? > > > > (Personally I find it an absolutely horrible default setting and > > invariably turn it off on all Windows boxes I use, but I am almost > > capable of seeing the reasoning behind it... and can certainly believe > > it if somebody tells me that it in fact has been shown to reduce > > confusion among novice users.) > > > > --tml > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > desktop-devel-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list > > > > Chipzz AKA > Jan Van Buggenhout > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > UNIX isn't dead - It just smells funny > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Baldric, you wouldn't recognize a subtle plan if it painted itself pur- > ple and danced naked on a harpsicord singing 'subtle plans are here a- > gain'." > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list > _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
