On Sî, 2003-07-12 at 13:46, Toralf Lund wrote: > I don't quite understand the purpose of the "Preferred Applications" > dialogue in Red Hat 9. What exactly does it do? I mean, I know I can > use it to select default web browser, text editor and word processor, > but when are these settings used? When you click on an URL, when you double-click a file in nautilus etc.
> Also, doesn't the functionality > overlap a lot with "File types and programs"? It says what applications can handle a mime type and, indeed, it might specify a default application. I think in the future this will be a system-wide setting. Preferred applications may be set by each user and they have top priority. See mime-spec at freedesktop.org for more info. -- Marius Andreiana Soluţii informatice bazate pe Linux / Linux-based IT solutions www.galuna.ro -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
