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List:       gentoo-amd64
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-amd64] frustrated - configure mime types for browser
From:       Tom <uebershark () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2009-12-13 23:49:18
Message-ID: 20091214004918.243b670a () googlemail ! com
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> I have searched the web and failed.  I hate to bother the group but I
> know the answer is here.  Thanks in advance.
> 
> My problem is how to configure galeon and firefox to use the right
> helper applications on my Gentoo computers.  For a long time most
> helper applications, such as xpdf for PDF files, just worked.  But
> during the past few months, with the typical gentoo updates, I have
> lost the ability to get the right application chosen for the
> different mime types.  It seems that over time the Linux desktop
> environment is getting more complicated than a Windows computer and
> it seems like a sad state to me. Either that, or I am missing some
> simple piece of information.
> 
> I have two desktops, both amd64.  One wants to run gimp for each PDF
> while the other runs adobe.  I would like to change them both to use
> xpdf or at least change the one from Gimp to adobe.
> 
> If anyone can give me a few pointers, I would appreciate it.

Look here,bottom post:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=85748


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