Paul Here is how I solved the problem. I created a file ~/.local/share/applications/winword2.desktop with the contents:
[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=winword MimeType=application/msword Exec='/home/spa/cxoffice/bin/winword' Type=Application Terminal=false NoDisplay=true This was copied from another file named winword.desktop, which deals with another Mime Type (vnd.ms-work, whatever the heck that is). Don't ask me why this works, but it worked for me. I believe the mechanism is pretty general, that is, once you figure out what the Mime Type is for a file type of interest, you just create a .desktop file of the above form, and then Evolution knows to associate that Mime type with the appropriate application. (By the way, I use Evolution in the KDE desktop, not in GNOME). I believe that gnome-control-center used to handle this, but for some reason gnome-control-center went away. I don't know an easy way to figure out the Mime Type of an arbitrary file, but if you go to http://www.utoronto.ca/ian/books/html4ed/appb/mimetype.html you will find a list of the association between Mime types and file extensions. Good luck... Steve > When I asked: > > > How can new types be registered with the system so that a double-click > > will fire up the appropriate viewer? If it helps to make the problem > > concrete: how do I associate /usr/local/bin/acroread with attachments > > that have a .pdf suffix? Needless to say, I'me really looking to > > solve the general problem. > > several helpful people (thanks to all!) replied that it was a Gnome > feature and not anything specific to Evolution. > > Unfortunately, I'd already explored that route myself before I even > asked the question. Nautilus knows what to do with pdf files and > acroread fires up appropriately. > > However, Evolution steadfastly refuses to do The Right Thing, which made > me think it's an Evo problem. > > Hmm, still baffled. Any further ideas will be welcomed. > > Cheers, > Paul > > > > > --__--__-- > > > > > End of evolution Digest -- Steven P. Auerbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
