Re: [newbie] Opening a file with applications from Netscape
On Thu, 09 Sep 1999, you wrote: I would like to automatically open MS Office documents with Star Office and WordPerfect documents with WP. In Preferences/Applications, I can select and edit the relevant section. If I put in the pointer to the Application, it opens OK, but the file is not opened. I think I need something else (%h or %p appear in some of the items already filled in by Netscape). It has been too long since I used UNIX to remember how to tell the application to open the file. Ok...I got tired of having to save a PDF to a local file, then open it with xpdf. Here's what I did, and this should be applicable to your situation: I told Netscape to open "portable document files" with the application "/usr/bin/xpdf %s". I would think that you would be able to do the same with *.doc and *.wpd files.
Re: [newbie] Opening a file with applications from Netscape
Thank you VERY much. That worked perfectly for me! Murray Strome John Aldrich wrote: On Thu, 09 Sep 1999, you wrote: I would like to automatically open MS Office documents with Star Office and WordPerfect documents with WP. In Preferences/Applications, I can select and edit the relevant section. If I put in the pointer to the Application, it opens OK, but the file is not opened. I think I need something else (%h or %p appear in some of the items already filled in by Netscape). It has been too long since I used UNIX to remember how to tell the application to open the file. Ok...I got tired of having to save a PDF to a local file, then open it with xpdf. Here's what I did, and this should be applicable to your situation: I told Netscape to open "portable document files" with the application "/usr/bin/xpdf %s". I would think that you would be able to do the same with *.doc and *.wpd files. -- Murray and Diane Strome 1275 Burnside Road West VICTORIA BC V8Z 1P3 Canada Phone: (250) 479-6448 Fax: (250) 727-3427
[newbie] Opening a file with applications from Netscape
I would like to automatically open MS Office documents with Star Office and WordPerfect documents with WP. In Preferences/Applications, I can select and edit the relevant section. If I put in the pointer to the Application, it opens OK, but the file is not opened. I think I need something else (%h or %p appear in some of the items already filled in by Netscape). It has been too long since I used UNIX to remember how to tell the application to open the file. Can anyone tell me how to do it? Thanks. Murray Strome 1275 Burnside Road West VICTORIA BC V8Z 1P3 Canada Phone: (250) 479-6448 Fax: (250) 727-3427
