On Friday 09 January 2009 21:41:09 Guido Pinkernell wrote: > Am Freitag 09 Januar 2009 17:24:49 schrieb Anne Wilson: > > On Friday 09 January 2009 16:02:28 Guido Pinkernell wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > does kde4 lack the possibility of associating file types to > > > applications? I have checked a few sources (among them the > > > ML-archives), and it says somewhere that although early version of KDE4 > > > did in fact not provide such an option, from kde 4.1 there must be an > > > option in the > > > kcontrolsettings. However, I simply can't find it. Apparently it ist > > > not installed: > > > > KDE4 doesn't use kcontrol. It uses systemsettings. > > Sorry, Anne, my translation of my German KDE version was wrong. > I do mean systemsettings. > > > > guido@amilo:~> kcmshell4 filetypes > > > findServiceByDesktopPath: filetypes.desktop not found > > > kcmshell(3491)/kcmshell (kdelibs) locateModule: Could not find module ' > > > "filetypes" '. > > > > > > This is on KDE Version 4.1.3 (KDE 4.1.3) "release 69.2" > > > > Open systemsettings, Advanced tab, and there, on the top row, you'll find > > File Associations. > > It's not there. That's the problem. In fact, it seems that it is not > installed, as the command line version of systemsettings, kcmshell4 > filetypes, returns with an "could not find module" error (see above). > > I have checked with YaST2 which kde package contains the missing > filteypes.desktop file. The only package is kdebase3. No kdebase4 existent, > and the other kde4 packages do not contain a filetypes.desktop. > > Hm. Since your systemsettings does offer a file association option, would > you mind checking which kde4 package provides the filetype.desktop on your > computer? > application x-desktop Filename patterns: *.desktop *.kdelink Description desktop configuration file Application Preference Order KWrite Kate OpenOffice.org Writer HTH Anne
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