[Evolution] Re: How to add options for attachment display?

[Steven P. Auerbach]

Paul
Here is how I solved the problem. I created a file
~/.local/share/applications/winword2.desktop
with the contents:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=winword
MimeType=application/msword
Exec='/home/spa/cxoffice/bin/winword'
Type=Application
Terminal=false
NoDisplay=true

This was copied from another file named winword.desktop, which deals
with another Mime Type (vnd.ms-work, whatever the heck that is).

Don't ask me why this works, but it worked for me. I believe the
mechanism is pretty general, that is, once you figure out what the Mime
Type is for a file type of interest, you just create a .desktop file of
the above form, and then Evolution knows to associate that Mime type
with the appropriate application. (By the way, I use Evolution in the
KDE desktop, not in GNOME).

I believe that gnome-control-center used to handle this, but for some
reason gnome-control-center went away.

I don't know an easy way to figure out the Mime Type of an arbitrary
file, but if you go to
http://www.utoronto.ca/ian/books/html4ed/appb/mimetype.html you will
find a list of the association between Mime types and file extensions.

Good luck...

Steve

> When I asked:
> 
> > How can new types be registered with the system so that a double-click
> > will fire up the appropriate viewer?  If it helps to make the problem
> > concrete: how do I associate /usr/local/bin/acroread with attachments
> > that have a .pdf suffix?    Needless to say, I'me really looking to
> > solve the general problem.
> 
> several helpful people (thanks to all!) replied that it was a Gnome
> feature and not anything specific to Evolution.
> 
> Unfortunately, I'd already explored that route myself before I even
> asked the question.  Nautilus knows what to do with pdf files and
> acroread fires up appropriately.
> 
> However, Evolution steadfastly refuses to do The Right Thing, which made
> me think it's an Evo problem.
> 
> Hmm, still baffled.   Any further ideas will be welcomed.
> 
> Cheers,
> 	Paul
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