On 08/02/2012 01:25 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jonrysh@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > When I click on the file foo.abw in the Desktop I would expect the abiword application to start with foo.abw open. But actually firefox opens with two tabs and two dialog boxes, both of which state: > > You have chosen to open > > *foo.abw* > which is an AbiWord document (10.0 KB) > from /home/jonrysh/desktop > > *What should Firefox do with this file?* > > O Open with AbiWord (default) > O ... > > The preferences in System Settings->File Associations all look OK. Clicking on any other file in the Desktop works OK. What's going on? > System is Fedora17 with KDE 4.8.4. > > Thanks - jon > > > Hi Jon: > > Either type $abiword foo.abw at the command line or open abiword and chose file/open; the manner in which you are doing it above will not work. This is not MS Windows. > Where did you get that impression? Indeed, if you double click on the file placed on a KDE desktop it will open the application. See my other message in this thread. -- Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. -- Rick Cook, The Wizardry Compiled -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
