Re: [Evolution] How can I make Evo to recognize xslx files should be opened with OpenOffice?

[George Reeke <reeke mail rockefeller edu>]

Dear Reid Thompson and list,
On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 14:09 -0400, Reid Thompson wrote:
> Reid Thompson wrote:
> > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 13:41 -0400, George Reeke wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 12:50 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 12:35 -0400, George Reeke wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 12:17 -0400, Reid Thompson wrote:
> > > > > > > Jim McKean wrote:
> > > > > > > > When I get an attachment with one of the newer MS formats (like 
> > > > > > > > *.xlsx),
> > > > > > > > evolution does not recognize that it can open them with 
> > > > > > > > OpenOffice.  It
> > > > > > > > only give me the option to save them or open with text editor.  If I
> > > > > > > > save them,  Ubuntu has no problem recognizing that OpenOffice can 
> > > > > > > > open
> > > > > > > > them.  But most of the time, I just want to see what's in them, 
> > > > > > > > not keep
> > > > > > > > them in my file system.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > What do I need to do to allow me to click on them to open while 
> > > > > > > > in Evo?
> >
> > > You almost certainly can, but I'm afraid I don't know enough about Gnome
> > > internals to guide you.
> > >
> > > poc
> > >
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> > may be of use
> > http://library.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/mimetypes-registering.html.en 
>
> my local defaults.list file
>
> $ cat /home/rthompso/.local/share/applications/defaults.list
> [Default Applications]
> text/html=mozilla-firefox-2.0.desktop
> application/x-mozilla-bookmarks=mozilla-firefox-2.0.desktop
> text/x-java=gvim.desktop
> text/plain=gvim.desktop
> application/zip=file-roller.desktop
> application/x-bzip-compressed-tar=file-roller.desktop
> application/x-compressed-tar=file-roller.desktop
> application/keyhole=Google-googleearth.desktop
> application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml=Google-googleearth.desktop
> application/vnd.google-earth.kmz=Google-googleearth.desktop
> application/earthviewer=Google-googleearth.desktop
>
> and
>
> $ cat /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
> [Default Applications]
> application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml=AdobeReader.desktop
> application/vnd.adobe.xfdf=AdobeReader.desktop
> application/pdf=AdobeReader.desktop
> application/vnd.fdf=AdobeReader.desktop
> application/vnd.adobe.pdx=AdobeReader.desktop

Thanks, that was VERY helpful.  I knew about .desktop files but
could never get my changes to work because I didn't know about
the cache, so I had reverted to using nautilus out of frustration.

George Reeke

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