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List:       gentoo-desktop
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-desktop] Trouble with '*.doc' mime type in gnome :: Option B
From:       "Michael Chaffin" <chaffinmichael () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-07-18 2:21:51
Message-ID: 3f408f70707171921n1d636f96x8f8c387963774237 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 7/17/07, Lindsay Haisley <fmouse-gentoo@fmp.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 21:32 -0700, Canek Peláez wrote:
> > On 7/16/07, Michael Chaffin <chaffinmichael@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I have a small problem with Nautilus (nautilus-2.16.3) when double
> > > clicking on a Microsoft Word Document  (*.doc)  does /not/  open with
> > > Open Office (openoffice-bin-2.2.1).
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > What is my 'vendor'? I am not even sure 'desktop-file-install' is the
> > > correct tool. Suggestions please.
> >
> > Mmmh. You don't mention it in your mail, so I have to ask: have you
> > tried to right click a .doc in nautilus and set the "Open with" tab?
> > It works with all the documents of the same mime type, not only with
> > the one you right click.
>
> Look in ~/.local/share/applications.  I've had good luck configuring
> default file handling applications by adding/modifying files in this
> directory.  You'll also want to make sure that your ~/.mime.types or the
> global /etc/mime.types file contains a proper entry associating the
> filename extension with a MIME type of application/msword.

Very good tip ... I will keep that one safe in my inbox for a while.
This will be 'option B' in the future because Canek Peláez Valdés
suggestion worked best.


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