Re: [debian] Re: Gnome File Association

2005-05-01 Thread Keith Bates
On Sun, 01 May 2005 12:41:55 -0400 Mark Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 17:38 +1000, Keith Bates wrote: > > No, that just gives you option to open it with, but no permanent > > association. > > > > What I'm really tring to do is open a pdf file using the sylpheed > > ema

Re: [debian] Re: Gnome File Association

2005-05-01 Thread Mark Roach
On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 17:38 +1000, Keith Bates wrote: > No, that just gives you option to open it with, but no permanent > association. > > What I'm really tring to do is open a pdf file using the sylpheed email > reader which is built on Gtk2. When you click on an attachment you get > options to

Re: GNOME File Association

2004-12-15 Thread Tim
"postinst" is one of the scripts that gets automatically executed after a package is installed. >From http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html#s-maintscripts : postinst This script typically completes any required configuration of the package foo once foo has been unpacked from its

Re: GNOME File Association

2004-12-14 Thread Bruce Park
Tim wrote: It did for me (after doing that, nautilus reported, e.g., .gnumeric as the proper type instead of "unknown"). One of the packages mentioned says something about freedesktop.org (in one of the files I read under /usr/share/mime). - Tim I see. I'll have to try this out. What by the way,

Re: GNOME File Association

2004-12-13 Thread Tim
I experienced the same problem recently while updating unstable (I've been running unstable for a while; it's possible I accidentally corrupted some file). Anyway, I solved my problem by running apt-get install --reinstall [all the programs Ron mentioned above]. All the programs were already inst

Re: GNOME File Association

2004-12-11 Thread René Seindal
Bruce Park wrote (11-12-2004 18:25): René Seindal wrote: Bruce Park wrote (11-12-2004 16:14): Is it possible that GNOME 2.8 (or Debian for that matter) did away with the "File Association" application found on the Applications -> Desktop Preferences menu? Yes it did, Use "Open with other applicat

Re: GNOME File Association

2004-12-11 Thread Bruce Park
René Seindal wrote: Bruce Park wrote (11-12-2004 16:14): Is it possible that GNOME 2.8 (or Debian for that matter) did away with the "File Association" application found on the Applications -> Desktop Preferences menu? Yes it did, Use "Open with other application" and type in the application you

Re: GNOME File Association

2004-12-11 Thread René Seindal
Bruce Park wrote (11-12-2004 16:14): Is it possible that GNOME 2.8 (or Debian for that matter) did away with the "File Association" application found on the Applications -> Desktop Preferences menu? Yes it did, Use "Open with other application" and type in the application you want to use. It wi

Re: GNOME File Association

2004-12-11 Thread Bruce Park
Ron Johnson wrote: On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 22:40 -0500, Bruce Park wrote: Hello Debian Users, I am currently using the unstable version of Debian. Prior to this, I was using testing (Sarge) and I noticed that a serious problem had occurred after an dist-upgrade. Basically, all my file associations

Re: GNOME File Association

2004-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 22:40 -0500, Bruce Park wrote: > Hello Debian Users, > > I am currently using the unstable version of Debian. Prior to this, I was > using > testing (Sarge) and I noticed that a serious problem had occurred after an > dist-upgrade. > > Basically, all my file associations