Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

On Fri, 2017-06-02 at 12:18 -0700, W Van Snyder wrote: > On Fri, 2017-06-02 at 21:01 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote: > > On Fri, 2017-06-02 at 11:52 -0700, W Van Snyder wrote: > > > Evolution docs shouldn't say how each desktop environment specifies > > > these associations.  But it should say "Your de

Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

On Fri, 2017-06-02 at 21:01 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote: > On Fri, 2017-06-02 at 11:52 -0700, W Van Snyder wrote: > > Evolution docs shouldn't say how each desktop environment specifies > > these associations. But it should say "Your desktop environment > > specifies these associations." > > I see

Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

On Fri, 2017-06-02 at 07:05 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > > But evolution still doesn't offer mplayer for mp4 attachments. I have the same problem. > > Does the file /usr/share/applications/mplayer.desktop (or wherever > > your distribution puts .desktop files) actually exist on your > >

Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

On Fri, 2017-06-02 at 11:52 -0700, W Van Snyder wrote: > Evolution docs shouldn't say how each desktop environment specifies > these associations.  But it should say "Your desktop environment > specifies these associations." I see. Makes sense! :) Do you have a specific page (in the recent user do

Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

On Fri, 2017-06-02 at 12:21 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote: > On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 12:50 -0700, W Van Snyder wrote: > > On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 07:40 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > > > In any case, it would be helpful to have a clue in the evolution > > > > guide. The more detailed the clue, the

Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

On Fri, 2017-06-02 at 06:56 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > > Anything else should exactly NOT be in the Evolution handbook.  > > +1 > > > Indeed, that's both the positive and the negative aspect of the whole > > concept of a "desktop environment". If you're in the "wrong" > > environment,

Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

On Fri, 2017-06-02 at 12:16 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote: > > But evolution still doesn't offer mplayer for mp4 attachments. > Does the file /usr/share/applications/mplayer.desktop (or wherever > your distribution puts .desktop files) actually exist on your > machine? Better - what is the default ha

Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

> > Anything else should exactly NOT be in the Evolution handbook.  +1 > Indeed, that's both the positive and the negative aspect of the whole > concept of a "desktop environment". If you're in the "wrong" > environment, things don't work smoothly. Incorrect.  Both KDE and GNOME use XDG to solv

Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

On Fri, 2017-06-02 at 12:21 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote: > On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 12:50 -0700, W Van Snyder wrote: > > On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 07:40 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > > > In any case, it would be helpful to have a clue in the evolution > > > > guide. The more detailed the clue, the

Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 12:50 -0700, W Van Snyder wrote: > On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 07:40 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > > In any case, it would be helpful to have a clue in the evolution > > > guide. The more detailed the clue, the more useful it is. > > > > But it isn't Evolution that controls

Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 12:57 -0700, W Van Snyder wrote: > $ xdb-mime query default video/mp4 > mplayer.desktop It's xdg. Not xdb. > But evolution still doesn't offer mplayer for mp4 attachments. Does the file /usr/share/applications/mplayer.desktop (or wherever your distribution puts .desktop fil

Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 13:03 -0700, W Van Snyder wrote: > On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 13:37 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > gvfs-mime would still be the right app to use, even under KDE. > > Evolution is a Gnome application and uses the Gnome libraries. Setting > > MIME type using the KDE panel is u

Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 13:37 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > gvfs-mime would still be the right app to use, even under KDE. > Evolution is a Gnome application and uses the Gnome libraries. Setting > MIME type using the KDE panel is unlikely to work for Gnome. > Similarly, > under KDE one can use

Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 07:40 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > Take a look at xdg-mime (it should have a man page). XDG is what lies > beneath both KDE and GNOME [in GNOME's case you'd use gvfs-mime to > call > xdg-mime]. > > Something like - > > awilliam@beast01:~> xdg-mime query default appl

Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 07:40 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > In any case, it would be helpful to have a clue in the evolution > > guide. The more detailed the clue, the more useful it is. > > But it isn't Evolution that controls that - as it is not Internet > Explorer in Windows which control

Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 07:40 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > PLEASE SEND ALL REPLIES TO THE LIST. > > On Wed, 2017-05-31 at 17:46 -0700, W Van Snyder wrote: > > gvfs-mime isn't installed in Scientific Linux release 6.9 > > (Carbon).  I > > use KDE 4.3.4. Starting from the Application Launcher M

Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

PLEASE SEND ALL REPLIES TO THE LIST. On Wed, 2017-05-31 at 17:46 -0700, W Van Snyder wrote: > gvfs-mime isn't installed in Scientific Linux release 6.9 > (Carbon).  I > use KDE 4.3.4. Starting from the Application Launcher Menu, I found > Settings -> File Associations -> video -> mp4, for example,

Re: [Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

On Wed, 2017-05-31 at 16:14 -0700, W Van Snyder wrote: > I can't find anything in the user manual that explains how to edit > the list of applications that could be used to open attachments. Not the Window Manager; it is XDG + GNOME. See -- Meetings

[Evolution] How to edit list of applications to open attachments

I can't find anything in the user manual that explains how to edit the list of applications that could be used to open attachments. I suspect that's actually the purview of whatever window manager is running evolution, but it would be helpful to have references that lead me to details for each one