On Thu, Jan 13, at 03:37:28PM, Tom Munro Glass wrote:
> ................................. But if I use Firefox as the browser, it
> usually pops up a dialog asking if I want to save the file or open it with
> some application that I have to browse for.
> How do I make Firefox use/inherit the standard file associations?
Hi Tom,
Firefox may have an entry field in the dialog box for "open file
with (application)" and also a button to "always show this dialog".
(Uncheck the button)
The Yolinux site has a helper apps configuration guide including a wrapper
for automating the opening of octet-stream mail attachments.
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialMozillaConfiguration.html#PLUGINS
The following mozilla configuration for pdf files should apply
to Firefox.
go to Edit --> Preferences --> Navigator --> Helper Applications
and add the "new type" application.
pdf files require mime type application/pdf, extension pdf and open with
/usr/X11R6/bin/xpdf.
The dialog box that pops up when hitting a file link will mention the mime
type of the file you are wanting to read so use that definition for the
MIME type entry in Helper Applications.
The helper config file is ~/.mozilla/default/ad49qtsw.slt/mimeTypes.rdf
One of its entries is-
NC:alwaysAsk - "true" if the user should always be prompted before handling
data of this type, false otherwise.
/usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/profile/mimeTypes.rdf contains comments explaining
the syntax of this file.
-keith.
