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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    Bug#2048: kfm mime-type bug
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-09-26 18:32:03
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On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 01:46:29PM -0400, Chris Kuklewicz wrote:
> Package: kfm
> Version: 1.167.2.21
> Installer: kdebase-1.1.2-1rh5x.i386.rpm
> 
> Previously I associated acroread with application/pdf (*.pdf;*.PDF)
> files. The acroread.kdelink file was under
> ~/.kde/share/applnk/apps/Graphic/ and everything was happy.
> 
> That was using the previous version of kfm from kdebase-1.1.1-1rh5x.i386.rpm

ok

> Now with the 1.1.2 release, it only would associate kghostview (PS
> Viewer) with application/pdf.  No change to acroread.kdelink would
> cause it to be recognized.

Of course ! You were trying to edit the acroread file (which has nothing
to do with kghostview, right ?) instead of editing the kghostview file
and/or the mimetype file.
Here is how it works :

In kde-1.1.1 you had :

mimetype           |   application
----------------------------------
application/pdf    |   acroread

When installing kde-1.1.2 you installed kghostview.kdelnk, which says it can
handle application/pdf as well.

mimetype           |   application
----------------------------------
application/pdf    |   acroread
application/pdf    |   kghostview

So the problem is telling kfm how to choose between one or the other ?
The answer is in the mimetype file itself ( mimelnk/application/pdf )
You need to change the default application there.

Please try - I don't think there is any bug here. You just
have to tell kfm which app to use by default.

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David FAURE
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