Re: [Evolution] problem with wav attachments, evo 1.4.5 w/connector, mandrake 9.1

[Bill Gunter <bgunter arcsystems com>]

Hmmm, so how come other doc types work okay as attachments? e.g. Word
docs give OpenOffice as an option, and pdfs give two.

Bill

From: Eric Lambart <ximian nomeaning net>
> To: evolution lists ximian com
> Subject: Re: [Evolution] problem with wav attachments, evo 1.4.5 w/connector, mandrake 9.1
> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:45:10 -0800
>
> Oh.  Well, it sounds like it's still true that Gnome MIME settings don't
> work in Evolution.  Glad to know there's a local mime_types file.  I
> assume you're talking about these ones (RH9):
> /usr/share/mime-info/evolution-1.4.keys
> /usr/share/mime-info/evolution-1.4.mime
>
> So how about an example of how would one add an application tie-in so
> (as in Bill's question) there's an option to open a WAV file in XMMS? 
> Some #comments in the .keys and .mime files would be helpful and help
> avoid some "stupid questions".
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
> On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 10:05, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > eh? the "hard-coded" stuff was only to prevent "viewing" attachments in
> > a bonobo control. of course, you can tell evo it's ok by adding the
> > mime-type string to the list of strings in the
> > /apps/evolution/mail/mime_types key (or something like that)
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 12:50, Eric Lambart wrote:
> > > For security reasons, Evolution doesn't respect the Gnome MIME settings,
> > > it uses its own hard-coded settings--so you're out of luck.  Hopefully
> > > they too will be editable some day.
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 11:49, Bill Gunter wrote:
> > > > WAV files attached to emails aren't being recognized as such. The only
> > > > option I'm given for dealing with the attachment is to save it. I've
> > > > checked my file types and it looks good, xmms is the specified app, and
> > > > browsing to the saved WAV file works correctly, a double-click opens it
> > > > in xmms.
> > > >
> > > > Any advice?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> -- 
> Eric Lambart <ximian nomeaning net>
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