On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 12:05:29PM -0800, T. Joseph Carter wrote:
>On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 06:03:25AM -0800, nyal wrote:
>> Greetings All,
>> 
>> I'm trying to figure out how to associate certain file types with certain 
>> apps...like Kuickshow with .jpgs and XMMS with .pls files.  I know it can't 
>> be that hard, I'm just not looking in the right place.  If anyone knows of a 
>> site that explains how I'd be mucho appreciative.
>
>For what?  You think this is integrated?  The beauty of X11 is that you
>must configure each and every little thing seperately and not necessarily
>in a sane or logical manner.  Gnome has one place.  KDE another.  XFCE
>another.  ROX yet another.  GNUStep still another.  Mozilla has its own,
>and then there's the generic MIME associations, a square wheel used by
>oldschool applications which do not use the newer (but still square)
>wheels created by KDE, Gnome, ad nausiem.
>
>

http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/plumb.html

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