right click on the file->Properties->Open With->Add for per user basis On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 11:35 -0500, Greg Oliver wrote: > On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 21:50 +0530, Ritesh Khadgaray wrote: > > out of curiosity, is nautilus displaying the same behaviour with right > > click->open with option ? > > > > On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 23:02 -0400, José Alburquerque wrote: > > > Hi. I'm presently running GNOME 2.8 on CentOS 4.3 (RHEL 4) (with great > > > success, I might add :-) ). I recently "reset" my user account by > > > moving all the "dot" (or "hidden") files (.[^.]*) in my home directory > > > into a backup directory and login in as a "new" user to allow all the > > > applications to "regenerate" their dot-files. (I did this because my > > > account is extremely old and I thought it was about time I cleaned > > > things up a little). > > > > > > Before my reset whenever I ran "file-roller" I was able to right-click > > > on any file, select "View" or "Open" from the menu and a list of > > > "compatible" applications (which could open the file selected) would be > > > shown for me to decide which one to use to "launch" the file (for > > > "viewing" or "opening"). Now, after the reset, the application list in > > > "file-roller" is empty. Is there any way for me sort of "configure" > > > file-roller to "know" which apps to use for which files? Sorry if the > > > question is obvious. TIA. > > Just out of curiousity, but OT - I am on gnome 2.14, but applies to all > recent versions I have run. > > Where do I go (or what xml file) do I edit to set the applications that > show up after a right click.. It is definitely not in the "preferred > applications" section that only has email/web, and I cannot find it > anywhere. And I assume that is the same place for example: > > to tell a double click to start mplayer vs. totem for .mpg, etc... > > Thanks, > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-list mailing list > gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list -- Ritesh Khadgaray LinuX N Stuff Ph: +919923010121 Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
