On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:24:11 -0500 Ron Johnson <ron.l.john...@cox.net> wrote:
... > For example, which apps to use open jpeg files, PDF files, ODF, DOC, > XLS, etc, whether I'm in Thunar, Thunderbird, Evolution, Mutt, > gentoo or any of a dozen other file managers. > > There should be a freedesktop standard for file associations. I guess you're right. It would be nice to be able to set that sort of thing once, and then have all applications respect the choice, at least by default. Well, a quick search seems to indicate that some DEs already have this, e.g. Gnome, with its /etc/gnome/defaults.lst. I guess you want something that's DE independent. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100320215724.c9803de2.cele...@gmail.com