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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Open with
From:       Gérard Delafond <gerard () delafond ! org>
Date:       2003-08-12 21:26:01
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Le Mardi 12 Août 2003 22:12, Mikolaj Machowski a écrit :
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 05:56:46PM +0200, Gérard Delafond wrote:
> > Hi !
> > As everybody seems to be thinking about what sould happen on the files
> > when pressing the mouse buttons, I found 2 related problems.
> > 1) I wanted .ged files to be associated to a genealogy program (they are
> > structured text files).
> > It worked fine, but afterwards, all my text files were open with the
> > genealogy program. Funny, but not productive.
>
> This probably should be done automagically but you can define it in
> kcontrol->KDE Components->File Associations
> Add new type under text with matched filename pattern. It should work.
>
Of course, you can, but when you select Open With..., select your application 
and check "Remember the association with this type of file", you should be 
prompted if the file type means the extension or the contents.

It would prevent doing such mistakes.

Gerard

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