On Tuesday 23 December 2008, Dale wrote: > Robert Bridge wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:34:26 -0600 > > > > Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Mick wrote: > >>> Hi All, > >>> > >>> I am trying out the Gentoo File Manager, but have run aground with > >>> the way it opens certain types of files. How can I create an > >>> association to e.g. use xpdf to open pdf files and OOo (oowriter) > >>> to open .odt and .doc files? All I get now is a plain text editor > >>> firing up and opening such files. Same applies with pictures, > >>> videos, etc. > >> > >> For those that are stumped like I was, it looks neat. > >> > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_(file_manager) > >> > >> I wish this was in portage. I'd like to give this a ride and see how > >> I like it. Any reason it is not in portage? Does it look neat but > >> suck in real use or something? I use Konqueror for mine right now > >> but curious. > > > > It is in portage, app-misc/gentoo > > > > However, it's a glib-1/GTK-1 package, so it's pretty outdated in terms > > of toolkit. > > > > RobbieAB. > > Hey I looked but missed that one. There is a good bit of stuff with > Gentoo in it so I missed the very one I was looking for. May give that > a look if the dependencies are not to much. > > I wonder how many people think that is Gentoo the OS and they can just > "emerge" it? LOL Sort of funny in a way.
I also use Konqueror as a file manager, because it just works (TM) - well except for printing to PDF which lately is playing up . . . but I digress. I am running Fluxbox which is lighter than KDE and when I just want to poke around a GUI quickly I have found that Konqueror (or any KDE application) takes quite a few seconds to fire up. Gentoo (file manager) pops up in no time at all and uses less resources. However, as originally stated it will by default open files using a plain text editor which is less than useful with binary files. I tried to set it up to use a more relevant to the file format viewer (e.g. xpdf for pdf files, etc) but have failed to get it to work properly. Does anyone know how to configure this feature? -- Regards, Mick
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