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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: [Bug 54880] New: Associating file types with all supported filetypes
From:       David Faure <dfaure () klaralvdalens-datakonsult ! se>
Date:       2003-03-27 8:51:30
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On Wednesday 19 February 2003 21:20, Frans Englich wrote:
> Alot of KOffice apps support many different file formats but don't get associated with them. 
> A novice user which want to open his/her ms doc file can't because "it's not supported". 
> I suggest all supported filetypes should be associated with it respective app at install. 
> (so people get the impression that there _is_ support)

I think this only makes sense for file types that are supported "well enough".
Arguably the MSWord import support in KOffice-1.2.1 isn't really good enough
to warrant this. However it sounds like a good thing to do in KOffice-1.3, when
the new MSWord import filter based on wv2 is ready.

It also makes sense only for filetypes that are not better handled by another
app - for instance, KWord can import HTML, but clicking on an .html file
should really not bring up KWord ;)

- -- 
David Faure -- faure@kde.org, dfaure@klaralvdalens-datakonsult.se
Qt/KDE/KOffice developer
Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, Platform-independent software solutions
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