Re: [Evolution] queries about opening attachments: portal window behavior and mime type association

[Milan Crha <mcrha redhat com>]

On Sun, 2022-05-22 at 02:58 +0200, Dan Kortschak via evolution-list
wrote:
> Using "3.44.1 (by Flathub.org))".
>
> When opening an attachment with "Open in default application" the
> Portal is opened behind the evolution window and I don't see a way to
> set the default application (which seems to be unset).
>
>  * Is the window opening behaviour expected/should I open a bug for
> it?

        Hi,
yes, it's expected, it's the Flatpak way.

>  * Is there an intended way of adding mine type associations other
> than
>    copying them to
> ~/.var/app/org.gnome.Evolution/config/mimeapps.list
>    from ~/.config/mimeapps.list.

No idea, I'm sorry, you should search the Flatpak documentation, as,
well, it's a Flatapk thing. Evolution has no control over this - at
least I'm not aware of any way to influence that from a Flatpak sandbox
application.

        Bye,
        Milan