Re: [Evolution] Force openning attachemnts in specific application

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Thu, 2020-03-12 at 12:54 +0100, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote:
> On Wed, 2020-03-11 at 16:38 +0100, an70n--- via evolution-list wrote:
> > I'm trying to remove unwanted applications from a list of available
> > applications in "Open with" attachment menu. Obviously, removing all
> > of *.desktop files in not an option.
>
>       Hi,
> if I'm not mistaken, the list contains all installed applications,
> which claim they can handle given content type/MIME type. Do you think
> some of them are there in error? Or you just want to make the list
> shorter? I do not think you can make the list shorter other than by
> removing corresponding .desktop files (which would hide the application
> from everywhere), or by modifying the .desktop file and limit what
> content types/MIME types it can handle (which is: a) wrong; b) an
> application update will restore the intended values by the application
> developers).
>
> Somehow, the message summary doesn't correspond to the message body,
> thus maybe I misunderstood your query.

AFAIK this isn't an Evolution issue. It depends on the desktop
environment (presumably Gnome), so it would be better to ask on a Gnome
forum.

poc