Re: [Nautilus-list] Configuring applicaioton types

[Mathieu Lacage <mathieu eazel com>]

"John Sullivan" <sullivan eazel com> writes:

> on 9/10/00 11:49 AM, Loyd Goodbar at lgoodbar ispchannel com wrote:
> 
> > I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but here goes:
> > In Nautilus, I want to associate .PDF files with Acrobat Reader (or XPDF, if
> > you prefer). When I right click and choose "open with" "other application", I
> > get a message stating "No applications are available...." and am offered to
> > going to the GNOME control center to configure this with "File Types and
> > programs".
> > However, I don't see this option in the control center. I see only MIME types
> > and URL handlers. MIME types do not allow you to associate a document type
> > "PDF document" (that Nautilus complains it doesn't know how to handle) with
> > Acrobat reader.
> > Using with Helix-GNOME 1.2.
> 
> "PDF document" should appear in the Description column of the "File Types &
> Programs" control center page, where "application/pdf" appears in the Mime
> Type column. Selecting that line should let you set an application or viewer
> to handle pdf files.
> 
> However, be warned that the "File Types & Programs" page is pretty darn
> buggy in Preview Release 1. I know some bugs have been fixed in the CVS
> version since then, but I'm not sure which things were and weren't working
> correctly in PR1.

cvs version should be fully working now with gene fixes to the capplet.

Mathieu
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Mathieu Lacage <mathieu eazel com>