Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:06:19 -0400 From: nawcom <nawcom@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Subject: Re: Firefox::::: ugh. Message-ID: <444DAE4B.6000200@gmail.com>
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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 > > > > >
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