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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: double clicking to launch an application
From:       weis () stud ! uni-frankfurt ! de
Date:       1997-08-10 14:12:50
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Hi,

a correct app entry may look like this

[KDE Desktop Entry]
BinaryPattern=kedit;
Protocols=file;ftp;http;tar;
MimeType=text/plain;
Comment=
Exec=kedit %u
TerminalOptions=
Icon=kedit.xpm
Path=
DocPath=kedit.html
Type=Application
Terminal=0
Info=A Simple Text Editor     

On Sat, 9 Aug 1997, Aaron Granick wrote:

> weis@stud.uni-frankfurt.de wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > double click is outdated :-)
> > You have to use one click, but double click should work never the less.
> > You may have noticed an ugly bug. If the *.kdelnk files
> > dont start with "[KDE Desktop Entry]" they are not handled
> > in a correct manner. Use kedit to solve this right now.
> > 
> > Bye
> > Torben
> > 
> 
> I still really cannot do it.  I have a .kdelnk file in the mimetypes
> folder...actually several of these are already done for me (gif, jpeg,
> etc.), and I have a .kdelnk file in the $KDEDIR/apps directory that has
> its bindings set to the appropriate type (or so I think)...
> 
> could you give me a simple example, say of how to get xv to open jpg
> files (this doesn't work on mine)...the help pages seem outdated. 
> Also...does mounting/unmounting devices still work? Or is this also
> 'outdated'?

Mounting should work! At least it works on my computer.
Make shure that you have used the correct devices and that
the device you have chosen is NOT a link to some real device.

Mail me again if you dont succeed. Attach the *.kdelnk files
you are using.

Bye
Torben

> Thanks,
> 
> Aaron
> 
> 

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