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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Mimetypes and associated programs
From:       Ralf Schneider <ralf () tapfere-schneiderleins ! de>
Date:       2003-02-26 9:05:26
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Am Mittwoch, 26. Februar 2003 09:56 schrieb Kevin Krammer:
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> On Mittwoch, 26. Februar 2003 08:42, Ralf Schneider wrote:
> > Where does KDE store the information which application is started when
> > I click on a PDF file in konqueror? I have to develop a Qt application
> > that should use the KDE associations for viewing external documents
> > (e.g. PDF or PS files).
> >
> > Any hints?
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> You could have a look at KRun in kdelibs/kio/

I did that already, but the mechanism with service types and mime types is not 
quite easy to understand and to transform into a Qt program :-)

> Another and maybe easier option is to let kfmclient do the work.
> You just execute kfmclient with the file in question:
> #> kfmclient exec some.pdf
> #> kfmclient exec some.jpg

That's what I was looking for! Thanks!

Ralf.
 
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