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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: Bug#3140: Editing default program for mime-type is counterintuitive
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-05-01 22:45:19
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On Mon, May 01, 2000 at 06:02:13PM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> Package: kfm
> Version: 1.167.2.21
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> I am trying to make text files open with kwrite instead of kedit or kless. So I
> go into /usr/share/mimelnk/text and edit a file. There isn't a line saying what
> to open files of this type with. So I cd ../../applnk and edit the files there,
> but it doesn't work. The default program to open files of a type should be in
> that type's mimelnk file, not in the app's applnk file, and it should work
> regardless of whether the app has an applnk file. If there is no default
> program for a type, kfm should ask what to open the file with.

All reworked in konqueror, kfm's replacement.
Now you can select the app to open a file in the open with dialog,
and ask for "remembering" that association.

-> wish already implemented :)

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