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2007-11-06
, 00:33
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@ La Pêche, Québec, Canada
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Regrettably, I do not have a solution for you -- but I did have the same problem with leafpad. I uninstalled it to revert back to the built in text editor.
It must be something simple that needs to be changed in the MIME mapping, but I did not want to muck around without really understanding what I was doing.
Looking forward to a proper solution. Perhaps there is better text editor that behaves correctly?
Robert B.
It must be something simple that needs to be changed in the MIME mapping, but I did not want to muck around without really understanding what I was doing.
Looking forward to a proper solution. Perhaps there is better text editor that behaves correctly?
Robert B.
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2007-11-06
, 07:29
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Joined on Jan 2007
@ Paia, Maui, Hawaii
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Originally Posted by dormant
I use lots of text files in place of a PIM - I happily keep them on two computers and a USB stick and keep them synchronised.
I installed leafpad so that I could edit them on the N800. The application works perfectly - a lot better than using Notes.
I don't know what I did, but the behaviour of the n800 file manager has changed. It used to be that it would launch Notes for txt files. Now, when I double-click on a txt file, leafpad is launched but without loading the txt file concerned - I am presented with a blank page.
Originally Posted by dormant
Although I have searched these forums and Gnome I have not found a solution for this; I and others have the same problem with Evince & KMPlayer in that they launch but do not open the actual file
How can I get it to open the file properly?
Originally Posted by dormant
Now here there is a solution
If I can't, how can I go back to opening the file in Notes?
You will need Xterm and becomeroot installed.
Open up Xterm and type the following hitting 'enter' after each line(apologies if I am overdetailing):
sudo gainroot
cd /usr/share/applications
leafpad defaults.list
The above will create & open up an empty file called defaults.list in the /usr/share/applications folder.
Copy & paste the following into it:
text/plain=hildon-osso_notes.desktop
& then save it.
Now when you open a text file it will open in 'notes' again; you don't need to restart anything as its effect is immediate.
[based on info I found here]
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2007-11-07
, 16:58
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@ St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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Thanks.
Now the maemo garage is back, I can get back to tinkering with my n800.
Now the maemo garage is back, I can get back to tinkering with my n800.
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- N900
- N800
- LD-3W
- two magic OTG USB adapters
- crossed fingers
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2007-11-08
, 20:40
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@ St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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Originally Posted by ichmoimeyo
sudo gainroot
cd /usr/share/applications
leafpad defaults.list
The above will create & open up an empty file called defaults.list in the /usr/share/applications folder.
Copy & paste the following into it:
text/plain=hildon-osso_notes.desktop
& then save it.
Now when you open a text file it will open in 'notes' again; you don't need to restart anything as its effect is immediate.
[based on info I found here]
Didn't work. Even after I switched the n800 off and on again.
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- N900
- N800
- LD-3W
- two magic OTG USB adapters
- crossed fingers
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2007-11-08
, 21:51
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Joined on Jan 2007
@ Paia, Maui, Hawaii
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Originally Posted by dormant
As the above did the trick on my system there must be something else going on.
Didn't work. Even after I switched the n800 off and on again.
You might want to do the following:
sudo gainroot
cd /usr/share/applications
leafpad mimeinfo.cache &
Check whether it contains a line similar to this:
text/plain=hildon-osso_notes.desktop;hildon-browser.desktop;hildon-leafpad.hildon.desktop;
The order left to right also determines what program gets used; it is overruled by the defaults.list file though.
Last edited by ichmoimeyo; 2007-11-08 at 23:18.
I installed leafpad so that I could edit them on the N800. The application works perfectly - a lot better than using Notes.
I don't know what I did, but the behaviour of the n800 file manager has changed. It used to be that it would launch Notes for txt files. Now, when I double-click on a txt file, leafpad is launched but without loading the txt file concerned - I am presented with a blank page.
How can I get it to open the file properly?
If I can't, how can I go back to opening the file in Notes?