[quote="vitamin"][quote="neonjohn"]I'm trying to get Irfanview (yes I know about the alleged clone. It isn't) to work as an "open with" program for .jpg files.[/quote] You need to use winepath to translate *NIX paths into win paths: http://wiki.winehq.org/winepath[/quote] Thanks for the tip. Now here's the solution. I had to write a shell script because apparently gnome won't execute a $() or back-tick command. I called the script "iv" and put it in /usr/local/bin. Put the text between the dotted lines below in a file called iv (or whatever you like). Do a $ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/iv ------------------------------------------ #!/bin/bash foo=$(winepath -w $*) # uncomment these two lines to print diagnostics in x windows #xmessage $* & #xmessage $foo & wine "/home/jgd/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/IrfanView/i_view32.exe" $foo exit -------------------------------------------- To associate this with a jpeg, right click on the jpg file, any file and select "propreties" When the window opens, select "Open With", click "add" and then select "use a custom command" In the command line type /usr/local/bin/iv Close all the windows and that's it. the process is somewhat slow on this older 2 ghz laptop, taking about 4 seconds to open but that's OK. I would have preferred not to have to use a script but it works and that's what matters. This script can also be used from the shell prompt to view any type of file Irfanview can open. Example $ iv foo.jpg $ iv /media/camera_card/dcim/foo.jpg The latter is a typical command to view a file on a media card from a camera. John
