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kutibah is offline kutibah
2006-04-23 , 17:34
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I'm having a problem with my LeafPad and AbiWord Documents. Both were created through the 770. When I double click the files, the 770 tells me for each "Unable to open." But when I open AbiWord/LeafPad and go to File>Open>(browse to filename here) and open them that way, they open fine. It's not a big deal, but is there some way I can make the 770 associate a certain file type with a certain application? For example, on my Windows XP, in the properties of a file, I've made it so all .jpg open with Photoshop and all .doc open with Microsoft Word, etc....etc...

Is it possible to do the same thing on the 770? So I can make the .abw open with AbiWord, etc...etc...? That would be really awesome. Thanks!
 
troubleshootr is offline troubleshootr
2006-04-23 , 21:13
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Originally Posted by kutibah
I'm having a problem with my LeafPad and AbiWord Documents. Both were created through the 770. When I double click the files, the 770 tells me for each "Unable to open." But when I open AbiWord/LeafPad and go to File>Open>(browse to filename here) and open them that way, they open fine. It's not a big deal, but is there some way I can make the 770 associate a certain file type with a certain application? For example, on my Windows XP, in the properties of a file, I've made it so all .jpg open with Photoshop and all .doc open with Microsoft Word, etc....etc...

Is it possible to do the same thing on the 770? So I can make the .abw open with AbiWord, etc...etc...? That would be really awesome. Thanks!
I would also be interested in this. I posted the same question a short while back, but received no replies.

The only file I found that seemed to list file associations is

/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache.

http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ead.php?t=1795
Last edited by troubleshootr; 2006-04-23 at 21:26.
 
rattis is offline rattis
2006-04-23 , 22:51
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File associations are usually handled by the desktop environment.
 
kutibah is offline kutibah
2006-04-23 , 22:56
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Originally Posted by troubleshootr
The only file I found that seemed to list file associations is

/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache.
When I try to load that in root, it says Permission denied.
 
troubleshootr is offline troubleshootr
2006-04-23 , 23:13
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Originally Posted by kutibah
When I try to load that in root, it says Permission denied.
I can view it with vim without root privlidges. It probably is not the "solution" anyway. I think it is just the *cache* of file associations that maemo knows about. Maemo must have a way to add other file extensions and associate with an application. Anybody??
 
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