From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 25 05:02:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F6C116A401 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:02:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nawcom@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 078F643D46 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:02:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nawcom@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s9so740326wxc for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:02:32 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=p7q5/t7coXm/v7n1m/+W+TwdiSpVLkshxXLXsSygAlpZB9Pv40OiVqAb0T2cGuJN2oaIFBPRfjDMDAHx4FGNSgsqs+PRqWorSLVDi2+doZLs+hmAGHmVEi3bewPF80UNUXXha52JcM87sfW/Xhs2BnHgY43dDu4CBMPhGg/zEsM= Received: by 10.70.122.20 with SMTP id u20mr1948415wxc; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:02:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?68.249.9.80? ( [68.249.9.80]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id h12sm1708219wxd.2006.04.24.22.02.01; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:02:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <444DAD48.3060704@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:02:00 -0400 From: nawcom User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060420) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Kline , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20060425003532.GA26259@thought.org> <200604250310.01325.danny@ricin.com> <20060425043913.GB26867@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20060425043913.GB26867@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Firefox::::: ugh. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:02:33 -0000 you can set up the mimetype for your user ($HOME/.mailcap) or globally (/etc/mailcap) by adding the line "application-smil: /location/of/realplay" to the file. I guess I'm confused, are you expecting the realplay binary to be in X11R6/bin, or are you confused about where and how to manually set up the mimetype? you can figure out where realplay is by running "which realplay" in a console - as long as the path is set up in the shell's $PATH variable. Gary Kline wrote: > On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 03:10:01AM +0200, Danny Pansters wrote: > >> On Tuesday 25 April 2006 02:35, Gary Kline wrote: >> >>> If firefox is supposedly superior to every other browser, >>> why, when it sees a realplayer "smil" file, does it pop up >>> a rectangle with radio-button options and a "BROWSE" button? >>> >>> I press BROWSE and another frame opens. I click on X11R6 and >>> eventually get to bin, and there the only file I see is >>> "xauth". ...CCan anybody 'splain this? >>> >>> gary >>> >> Set mime types and handlers correctly? >> >> I use KDE and konqueror, but once in a while I have to set some mine type -> >> handler things and it looks like you got a similar thing. >> >> Dan >> > > Ok, *which* mimetypes? There are mime files in ~/. and in > various ~/.mozilla directories? At least 2 in .mozilla-- > one for firefox, one for mozilla. These are named > mimeTypes.rdf. Be nice if firefox considered that thhere > are a few of us old time CLI guys still around! > > With mozilla, there are places to type in specs about the > "helper" apps; things such as files suffixed with ".smil" > use realplay. As do several other files. Both realplay > and mplayer can do everything (in theory); I've stuck > with realplay. > > thanks, Dan, but I'm still lost. > > gary > > > > >