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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: User Settings issues
From:       praveen kandikuppa <campusloop () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2004-01-31 21:10:13
Message-ID: 20040131211013.16171.qmail () web60606 ! mail ! yahoo ! com
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--- Shift <shift@free.fr> wrote:
> Le samedi 31 Janvier 2004 20:06, praveen kandikuppa
> a �rit :
> > Hi,
> 
> Hi,
> 
> >      I wanted to point out a suggestion regarding
> the
> > current design of "file associations". Usually an
> > application handles a set of mimetypes, hence one
> > logical place to set the preferred
> application<->mime
> > type would be application wise. For eg. I would
> like
> > kplayer to handle all the video types it can
> handle
> > and juk to handle all the audio types it can
> handle.
> > but this is difficult to accomplish. Currently you
> > have to search for all the video mime types and
> for
> > each one put kplayer to be the preferred app. Is
> there
> > some way the mime types can be set on a per
> > application basis. This would seem to be a good
> > option. An application can have some sort of
> settings
> > page to accomplish this and global support in the
> libs
> > would be very good in my opinion.
> 
> It allready exists.
> In Konqueror choose "Go to" > "Applications" in the
> menu (or something similar 
> 'cause my KDE is in French).
> The go to the application you want to configure.
> Right-click on it and choose 
> "Properties". Here you have a tab "Application"
> where you can configure what 
> you are talking about.
I have already seen that tab. It only lists what mime
types are registered for the application. It also
provides options to add or remove mime types. But what
i am asking for is an easy way to make that particular
application default for the mimetypes specified.
Consider for example you installed a new video player
-- it will specify mime types it can handle, but how
do i make it default for the mime types it can handle.
There is no easy way to do it currently. 
         But "applications" tab seems to be a perfect
place where to put it. I will probably make a patch
soon to have this functionality.

> 
> >           Another issue is settings do not get
> > properly updated between kde versions. When
> migrating
> > from kde 3.1 to 3.2 kicker panel icon  arrangement
> was
> > messed up. I had a quick launch panel for which
> the
> > settings were lost. Some menu entries didn't have
> > icons. I had an issues with settings of some other
> > applications. Could this be a packaging issue or
> has
> > somebody else faced these problems. Can't all this
> be
> > done transparently?.
> >          What do you think of this? Should i
> submit a
> > bug report for this.
> >
> > regards
> > praveen.
> >
> >
> >
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