Re: Missing File Types and Programs capplet from capplets package in Sarge?
Ralph Katz wrote: On 02/02/2006 03:11 PM, John W. M. Stevens wrote: In the help for gnome, under: 10.2 Where to Find Preference Tools It says that to find the File types and programs preference tool, look under: Applications → Desktop Preferences → Advanced → File types and programs But on Sarge, with the capplets package installed (which says that it contains the file types and programs capplet), no such capplet shows up. I checked the package list, and it does NOT appear to actually contain this capplet. Anybody have any hints, suggestions or instructions on how to fix this problem? Thanks, John S. John, You're not alone. While setting up a sarge gnome desktop for my wife, I was also unable to find that. Adding a file association is trivial. But /removing/ one is a mystery. I just wanted to associate .html files with firefox, and not epiphany, but gnome won't let you do that, nor will it let you change the default file association, as far as I've been able to tell. Searching the net, it appears that the gnome docs are obsolete, and tools for doing what should be simple tasks are missing in gnome 2.8. Perhaps someone can enlighten us... Regards, Ralph I think you want the update-alternatives tool. You can find the Gnome frontend in the Applications menu: Applications - System Tools - Alternatives Configurator Scroll down the list in the Alternatives window and select x-www-browser. Make your choice using the radio in the Options window eg /usr/bin/mozilla/firefox. If you want more info about eg Priority, start with the update-alternatives man page. If this works for you, please reply to the list adding 'SOLVED' to the front of the Subject line. Hth, Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Missing File Types and Programs capplet from capplets package in Sarge?
On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 08:19:41PM +, Chris Lale wrote: Ralph Katz wrote: On 02/02/2006 03:11 PM, John W. M. Stevens wrote: In the help for gnome, under: 10.2 Where to Find Preference Tools It says that to find the File types and programs preference tool, look under: Applications ??? Desktop Preferences ??? Advanced ??? File types and programs But on Sarge, with the capplets package installed (which says that it contains the file types and programs capplet), no such capplet shows up. I checked the package list, and it does NOT appear to actually contain this capplet. Anybody have any hints, suggestions or instructions on how to fix this problem? Thanks, John S. John, You're not alone. While setting up a sarge gnome desktop for my wife, I was also unable to find that. Adding a file association is trivial. But /removing/ one is a mystery. I just wanted to associate .html files with firefox, and not epiphany, but gnome won't let you do that, nor will it let you change the default file association, as far as I've been able to tell. Searching the net, it appears that the gnome docs are obsolete, and tools for doing what should be simple tasks are missing in gnome 2.8. Perhaps someone can enlighten us... Regards, Ralph I think you want the update-alternatives tool. You can find the Gnome frontend in the Applications menu: Applications - System Tools - Alternatives Configurator No such menu option exists on my system. Is this intalled from an optional package? The System Tools menu contains such things as Floppy Formatter, and New Login. Is this the menu you meant? Thanks, John S. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Missing File Types and Programs capplet from capplets package in Sarge?
John W. M. Stevens wrote: On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 08:19:41PM +, Chris Lale wrote: Ralph Katz wrote: On 02/02/2006 03:11 PM, John W. M. Stevens wrote: In the help for gnome, under: 10.2 Where to Find Preference Tools It says that to find the File types and programs preference tool, look under: Applications ??? Desktop Preferences ??? Advanced ??? File types and programs But on Sarge, with the capplets package installed (which says that it contains the file types and programs capplet), no such capplet shows up. I checked the package list, and it does NOT appear to actually contain this capplet. Anybody have any hints, suggestions or instructions on how to fix this problem? Thanks, John S. John, You're not alone. While setting up a sarge gnome desktop for my wife, I was also unable to find that. Adding a file association is trivial. But /removing/ one is a mystery. I just wanted to associate .html files with firefox, and not epiphany, but gnome won't let you do that, nor will it let you change the default file association, as far as I've been able to tell. Searching the net, it appears that the gnome docs are obsolete, and tools for doing what should be simple tasks are missing in gnome 2.8. Perhaps someone can enlighten us... Regards, Ralph I think you want the update-alternatives tool. You can find the Gnome frontend in the Applications menu: Applications - System Tools - Alternatives Configurator No such menu option exists on my system. Is this intalled from an optional package? Install the package galternatives. The command run from the Gnome menu is also called galternatives. Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Missing File Types and Programs capplet from capplets package in Sarge?
On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 22:24 +, Chris Lale wrote: John W. M. Stevens wrote: On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 08:19:41PM +, Chris Lale wrote: Ralph Katz wrote: On 02/02/2006 03:11 PM, John W. M. Stevens wrote: In the help for gnome, under: 10.2 Where to Find Preference Tools It says that to find the File types and programs preference tool, look under: Applications ??? Desktop Preferences ??? Advanced ??? File types and programs But on Sarge, with the capplets package installed (which says that it contains the file types and programs capplet), no such capplet shows up. I checked the package list, and it does NOT appear to actually contain this capplet. Anybody have any hints, suggestions or instructions on how to fix this problem? Thanks, John S. John, You're not alone. While setting up a sarge gnome desktop for my wife, I was also unable to find that. Adding a file association is trivial. But /removing/ one is a mystery. I just wanted to associate .html files with firefox, and not epiphany, but gnome won't let you do that, nor will it let you change the default file association, as far as I've been able to tell. Searching the net, it appears that the gnome docs are obsolete, and tools for doing what should be simple tasks are missing in gnome 2.8. Perhaps someone can enlighten us... Regards, Ralph I think you want the update-alternatives tool. You can find the Gnome frontend in the Applications menu: Applications - System Tools - Alternatives Configurator No such menu option exists on my system. Is this intalled from an optional package? Install the package galternatives. The command run from the Gnome menu is also called galternatives. Thank you for your help, but with all due respect, you don't understand the problem. The alternatives program is a System tool. What I am trying to fix is a missing desktop configuration tool. There used to be a tool (Called File Types and Programs) that would allow me to associate verbs with nouns in my desktop (in other words, to associate a program with a given file type, so that asking the desktop to open said file would execute the configured program). While this capplet is described in the Gnome desktop documentation, and while the capplet package claims to include this particular capplet, the File Types and Programs capplet is NOT included in this package, and does not appear to be installed. Does anybody know what happened to this capplet (program), why it is no longer included in the capplet package, and where I should go to get it, or what the program that replaces this capplet is, and what package I should install to get it? Thanks for your suggestions anyway . . . John S. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Missing File Types and Programs capplet from capplets package in Sarge?
John W. M. Stevens, 2006-02-04 18:05:36: There used to be a tool (Called File Types and Programs) that would allow me to associate verbs with nouns in my [GNOME] desktop (in other words, to associate a program with a given file type Does anybody know what happened to this capplet (program), why it is no longer included in the capplet package, and where I should go to get it, or what the program that replaces this capplet is, and what package I should install to get it? I'm pretty sure that's all been moved to the Nautilus File Properties dialog. 1) Right-click on any file of the type you're interested in. 2) Select Properties. The File Properties dialog will appear. 3) Use that dialog's Open With tab to add and remove applications for the filetype in question, and to select a default. It's a lot nicer than the old system, IMO :) In case that's not what you're after, how about: Applications Desktop Preferences Advanced Preferred Applications -- Timothy Musson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Missing File Types and Programs capplet from capplets package in Sarge?
On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 18:09 +1300, Timothy Musson wrote: I'm pretty sure that's all been moved to the Nautilus File Properties dialog. 1) Right-click on any file of the type you're interested in. 2) Select Properties. The File Properties dialog will appear. 3) Use that dialog's Open With tab to add and remove applications for the filetype in question, and to select a default. It's a lot nicer than the old system, IMO :) This works except for one minor problem: I can delete some of the programs, but not all from the list of options. When one of the recalcitrant programs is selected, the remove button grays out. Anybody know why this is? Thanks, John S. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Missing File Types and Programs capplet from capplets package in Sarge?
On 02/02/2006 03:11 PM, John W. M. Stevens wrote: In the help for gnome, under: 10.2 Where to Find Preference Tools It says that to find the File types and programs preference tool, look under: Applications → Desktop Preferences → Advanced → File types and programs But on Sarge, with the capplets package installed (which says that it contains the file types and programs capplet), no such capplet shows up. I checked the package list, and it does NOT appear to actually contain this capplet. Anybody have any hints, suggestions or instructions on how to fix this problem? Thanks, John S. John, You're not alone. While setting up a sarge gnome desktop for my wife, I was also unable to find that. Adding a file association is trivial. But /removing/ one is a mystery. I just wanted to associate .html files with firefox, and not epiphany, but gnome won't let you do that, nor will it let you change the default file association, as far as I've been able to tell. Searching the net, it appears that the gnome docs are obsolete, and tools for doing what should be simple tasks are missing in gnome 2.8. Perhaps someone can enlighten us... Regards, Ralph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Missing File Types and Programs capplet from capplets package in Sarge?
In the help for gnome, under: 10.2 Where to Find Preference Tools It says that to find the File types and programs preference tool, look under: Applications → Desktop Preferences → Advanced → File types and programs But on Sarge, with the capplets package installed (which says that it contains the file types and programs capplet), no such capplet shows up. I checked the package list, and it does NOT appear to actually contain this capplet. Anybody have any hints, suggestions or instructions on how to fix this problem? Thanks, John S.
