On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Marcelo Magno T. Sales <mmtsales@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Em Qui 04 Dez 2008, Arthur Pemberton escreveu: >> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 5:54 AM, Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> > Arthur Pemberton wrote: >> >>> Not sure if this is on the same topic, >> >>> but I am surprised to find File Associations listed under >> >>> Advanced System Settings - >> >>> I would have thought File Associations was pretty basic. >> >> >> >> In no OS do I frequently change file associations. I have had to >> >> do so probably 5 times in 5 years with KDE. >> > >> > Really? >> > I find myself doing this reasonably often, >> > particularly with sound and video files. >> > The default usually seems to be set to totem, >> > which rarely works for me. >> > >> > But I was really thinking that it is a basic tool - >> > what is the computer to do when faced with foo.bar ? >> > Even if the defaults were almost all right, >> > it would still be a basic idea, in my mind. >> >> Well, I think it's safe to say that the people who did the control >> center agreed with me that this isn't an often used feature. So you >> may want to gather some evidence to the contrary and present it to >> the devs to have it changed. >> >> It could be so for me as I usually don't go clicking on files, but >> load them from apps. > > I change file associations reasonably often, but never use System > Settings, nor I did use Control Center in KDE 3.5. I usually right-click > the file, then select "Open with -> Other", choose the application I > want and check the "Remember application association for this file" > checkbox. Or else I edit the file association in the file properties > dialog before I open it. > > []'s > Marcelo > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > That's how I do it too, if I need to!! -- Armin Past is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, But today is a gift. That's why it's called, present. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
